PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Iconic Memory, Free Recall, Sensory Memory
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Within this approach, a lot of the theorizing focused on acquisition of information (how info is perceived & then moved into memory storage). First model by waugh & norman, refinements added by atkinson & shiffrin = the modal model. Modal model: information processing involves different kinds of memory. When information first arrives, it is stored briefly in sensory memory, which holds onto the input in raw sensory form (an iconic memory for visual inputs & an echoic memory for auditory). A process of selection & interpretation then moves the information into short-term memory (the place you hold info while you"re working on it). Some of the information is then transferred into long-term memory, a much larger & more permanent storage place. Modern theories: sensory memory (brief storage) plays a much smaller role. Also, working memory is used instead of short-term memory, to emphasize function. Ideas/thoughts here are currently activated & being thought about (currently being worked on).
