PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Memory Rehearsal, Memory Span, Echoic Memory
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Psyb57 chapter 5: the acquisition of memories and the working-memory system. For many years theorizing in cognitive psychology was done by information processing. Theorizing within this approach focused on the process through which info was perceived and then moved into memory storage. A simplified version of the information processing model was the modal model. Sensory memory iconic + echoic memory short-term memory long-term memory. Long-term memory = repository that contains all knowledge and beliefs. Information has to pass working memory in order to become long term. Free call procedure = patients hear a series of words and are told to repeat as many as they can remember in any order. 12-15/30 words is the average number of words remembered. First few words are extremely likely to be remembered = primacy effect. Last few words are likely to be remembered = recency effect.
