PSYC 3466 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Memory Span, Iconic Memory, Sensory Memory
22 May 2019
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Acquisition: the process of gaining information and placing it into memory. Storage phase: the second part of memory when the acquired information is held in the memory until the information is needed. Retrieval: locating the information from memory and bringing it into active use. Information processing: the idea that complex mental events such as learning, remembering, and deciding actually involve a large number of discrete steps. The steps occur one by one, each with its own characteristics, and with each providing as its output" the input to the next step in the sequence. The (outdated) modal model states that information processing involves different kinds of memory. When information first arrives, it is briefly stored in sensory memory. This holds onto the input in raw" sensory form. A process of selection and interpretation moves the information into the short-term memory: the place you hold information while you"re working on it.
