PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Irritant Diaper Dermatitis, George Sperling, Scoville Scale
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Made us learn that there are several forms of memory. Memory has different modes for storing information for different periods of time. How information is stored in the memory: stimulus sensory organs (eyes, ears, etc. ) Sensory (infinity, but short-lived) short-term memory (7 + 2. Richard atkinson & richard shiffrin reviewed psychology"s knowledge of memory and constructed a memory model with their name. The atkinson-shiffrin model has 3 memory stores: stores: retain information in memory for no purpose, 1. Control processes: shift information between memory stores. Information enters sensory memory through vision/sensory organs: this control process is known as attention. Certain information is filtered to pass from stm: this control process is known as encoding. Encoding: process of storing information in tm. Information is bought back: this control process is known as retrieval. Retrieval: returning information from ltm back to. Occurs when gaining awareness of existing (cid:3) memories. Sensory memory: memory store accurately holding perceptual.
