PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Eidetic Memory, Long-Term Memory, Iconic Memory
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Memory is the faculty for recalling past events and past learning. Include the 3 basic activities: encoding: getting information into memory in the first place, storage: retaining memories for future use, retrieval: recapturing memories when we need them. Information-processing model of memory holds that: information must pass through three stages of systems, of mental functioning to become a firmly implanted memory- sensory memory, working memory and long-term memory. When we first confront the a stimulus brain retains a sensory image: helps us keep items that we have experienced briefly alive a bit long. We can then decide if we want to pay further attention to them. Sensory memories are copies of sensory data we have received. Visual sensory memory iconic memory (small copy of the visual event we have just encountered. Capacity of working memory is claimed to be 5-9 elements of information. Experimental psychologists have divided short term memory into: working memory.
