PSYCO258 Chapter Notes -Visual Short-Term Memory, Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory
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:the process involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information in no longer present constantly active impacts the way you think, behave. Types of memory sensory memory - memory of senses short term/working memory long term memory storing info for long periods of time episodic memories - experiences, life events procedural memory - muscle memory semantic memory - memories of facts. Richard atkinson & richard shiffron introduced the flow diagram for memory: the modal model of memory. Sensory memory initial stage that holds all incoming info for seconds (auditory), or fractions of a second (visual) Permanent memory store that holds a large amount of info for a long time each type of memory is a structural feature of the model. :types of memory indicated by boxes in models of memory. :dynamic process associated with structural features that can be controlled by the person and differ from one task to another.
