PSY 308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Phonological Awareness, Impulsivity, Dyslexia

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 308
• Professor: Dare Baldwin

Document Summary

Memory at all ages requires encoding, storage and retrieval, and each process is associated with specific neural systems. Information is first represented in high-capacity, very rapid sensory memories. Then in more limited capacity working memories. Information held in working memory creates a temporary storage platform that can support: Reasoning, problem solving and other cognitive tasks. Memory system can be broken down into various components, most notably implicit and explicit memory. Implicit memory: memory for information or behavior that is outside of conscious awareness. May be evolutionarily more ancient and perhaps more dominant in young child. Explicit memory: memories for information or behavior that is consciously recalled. May also be from quite early in life and from well. Encoding: process of turning info into a mentally useful before the onset of spoken language representational format. Storage: process of preserving information in memory over time. Retrieval: process of finding memory in storage and bringing it to mind for use, consciously.