Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Long-Term Memory, Cerebral Cortex, Connectionism
5 Feb 2014
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Chapter 8: cognitive development: info-processing perspective and connectionism. Answer discussion questions: multistore model ** proposed by atkinson and shiffrin. Sense something- put in the storage, retrieve it later. Unique: idea that diff types of memory might have their separate stores: what is meta-cognition and why is it important. Important because to gain insight into what works and what doesnt: describe memory strategies and why are these believed to support memory. **4) how do scripts influence our remembering and forgetting. Memorizes syllables that required no previous learning, tried to memorize a list by distracting himself by learning other lists. Edinghouse- got rid of meaningful memory- no meaning, order of organization. First input must be encoded then it must be stored in short or long term memory and finally must be retrieved on demand when needed. Short term memory is the working memory holds all memory currently in use.
