PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 6 Notes From Book
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Memory: an active system that receives information from the senses, puts that information into a usable form, and organizes it as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage. Memory is a process but it also has a place in the brain. Three process theory: theory that states memory works in three processes: getting the information into the memory system, storing it there, and getting it back out. Putting it in: the first process in the memory system is to get sensory information into a form that the brain can use. Encoding: the set of mental operations that people perform on sensory information to convert that information into a form that is usable in the brain"s storage systems. Encoding is not limited to turning sensory information into signals for the brain. Encoding is accomplished differently in each of the three different storage systems of memory.
