CPSY 4343 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Prefrontal Cortex, Classical Conditioning, Cerebellum
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Theories and frameworks: information-processing theory: an approach to cognition that uses a computer metaphor to describe the way information is acquired, stored, processed, and transmitted. Memory stores- structures that hold onto information for some period of time. Information flows through a system, being stored and transformed in various places as different processes take place. Short-term memory (stm): a memory store thought to have a very limited capacity that holds onto incoming information for short periods, up to a few minutes or less. Long-term memory (ltm): a memory store thought to have a large (possibly infinite) capacity that holds onto incoming information for long periods (possibly permanently) Retrieval processes: processes by which information that has been stored in memory are brought back to conscious awareness. Recognition memory: the retrieval of information in which the individual must decide if the presented information has been previously encountered.
