PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Repressed Memory, Guided Imagery, False Memory
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Memory: collection of several systems that store information in different forms for. Atkinson-shiffrin model: richard atkinson and richard shiffrin, includes three memory stores. Retain information in memory without using it for any specific purpose. Sensory memory, short-term memory (stm) and long-term memory (ltm: control processes. Shift information from one memory store to another: sensory memory store. Attention: selects which information will be passed on to stm: short-term memory (stm) Process of storing information in the ltm system: long-term memory (ltm) Retrieval: brings information from ltm back into stm. Happens when you become aware of existing memories. Info often referred to as being within the spotlight of attention . Info outside of this is not transferred into stm and quite unlikely to be remembered. Relationship between sensory memory and attention illustrated by change blindness: typical change blindness experiment: participant views two nearly identical versions of a photograph w/ only one difference.
