PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Knowledge Retrieval, Retrograde Amnesia, Memory Span
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At the end of this chapter you should be able to: Learn about three aspects of memory; acquisition, storage and retrieval. No reflection of past events; no giving advice to others. Any act of memory requires success at three aspects: Input, or the acquisition of knowledge - acquisiton. Creation of a memory trace, or the storage of knowledge - storage. Ability to use the knowledge - retrieval. Includes any instance of new intentional (like memorizing) or incidental learning. Attention and engagement with to-be-remembered material is crucial; acquisition is not passive or camera-like . Raw input: translated first into a form that can be acquired by the brain. Different types of memory, each with different properties. When we are actively working, we want information to be immediately available to us. In our brain, this happens in working (short-term) memory. It is storage for information that is not used right now but may be needed later.
