PSYC-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Explicit Memory, Procedural Memory, Anterograde Amnesia
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6- memory: draw the information-processing model of memory. Explain what happens at each part. that people perform on sensory information to. Encoding (keyboard) the set of mental operations convert it into a usable form by the brain"s storage. Storage (disk) holding onto the information for system. Retrieval (monitor) getting the information they know they have out of storage some period of time: explain each of the follow forms of memory: Sensory memory: the first stage of memory, the point at which information enters nervous system through sensory systems. Working memory (short-term memory): an active system that processes the information present in short-term memory. Capacity of working memory: 7+/- 2 numbers, 12-30 seconds without rehearsal. Long-term memory: the system into which all the information is placed to be kept more or less permanently. Procedural memory: memory for skills people know how to do (tie your shoe) Declarative memory: type of long-term memory containing information that is conscious and known.
