PSY 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Memory Span, Echoic Memory, Memory Rehearsal

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 260
• Professor: Nancy Franklin

Document Summary

The acquisition of memories and the working-memory system. Acquisition - the process of gaining information and placing it into memory. Storage - holding memory until the information is needed. Retrieval - locate the information and bring it into active use. Modal model - when information first arrives, it is stored briefly in sensory memory, whi(cid:272)h holds o(cid:374) to the i(cid:374)put i(cid:374) (cid:862)raw(cid:863) se(cid:374)sory for(cid:373): a(cid:374) iconic memory for visual inputs and an echoic memory for auditory inputs. A process of selection and interpretation then moves the information into short-term memory, the place where you hold i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) while you"re worki(cid:374)g o(cid:374) it. O(cid:373)e of the i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) is the(cid:374) tra(cid:374)sferred i(cid:374)to long-term memory, a much larger and more permanent storage place. In reality, sensory memory plays a much smaller role in modern theorizing. Moder(cid:374) proposals use the ter(cid:373) (cid:862)worki(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:373)ory(cid:863) rather tha(cid:374) (cid:862)short-ter(cid:373) (cid:373)e(cid:373)ory,(cid:863) to emphasize the function of this memory.