PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sensory Memory, Visual Processing, Partial Trace

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 102
• Professor: Paul Brunet

Document Summary

Processes that allow us to record and retrieve experiences and information. Three processes: (1) encoding: translating into neural code, taking it in, (2) storage: retained over time, (3) retrieval: pulled back out. The paradox of memory: our memories are surprisingly good in some situations and surprisingly poor in others, the same memory mechanisms that serve us well in most circumstances can sometimes cause problems in others. Components: sensory, working memory, long term memory. Lasts fraction of a second: echoic stores - auditory information. Working memory: codes and works on information, how is information represented, mental representations / memory codes, various forms. Short term / working memory: we can lose information in our stm due to two different processes, decay: fades over time. Ex: names: interference: loss of information due to competition of new incoming information, memories get in the way of each other. Ex: hearing phone number, another person saying numbers can"t get phone number: short term memory at work".