PSYC 2450 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Attention Span, Memory Span, Serial Computer

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Karl Hennig

Document Summary

Tip: study c. 9 then go back to c. 8 section on robbie case. Applied info processing (person as computer) to piaget- working memory. Development of the multistore model hardware, short term store, processing speed, software strategies. Re(cid:448)ie(cid:449) q"s: outline the basic components of the information processing model and briefly explain how it works (attention, wm, ltm, executive functioning) When information that is inputted from the environments feed into the sensory store logs input, the attention to the information focuses it towards the short-term (working) memory. Here the information is held temporarily and completes operations by the information given. This information can be used to respond to activity or can move into the long-term memory where it is stored to acquire at a later time. When this information is needed it is retrieved by the short term memory to execute a response.