Compare And Contrast Short Term Memory And Shallow Processing

Two cognitive processes that contrast but also compare would be Deep Processing and Shallow processing. Deep processing is basically determined to result in long term memory, as Shallow processing is most likely to end up as short term memory. Deep processing uses semantics to create an understanding and a storage of memory. You will more likely remember something that you deep processed, hence you figured out meaning, purpose, etc. Shallow processing is not as durable as deep processing because it quickly leads to a extreme or rapid decay. Therefore a memory is usually not stored through shallow processing and forgotten fairly quickly. However both consist of processing information just at different levels. Short term memory would be considered a psychological system of memory where as procedural memory would be considered a physiological system of memory. Short term memory is basically the capacity to hold but not process information for a small area of time. Procedural memory is the ability to remember how to do things (motor skills). Psychological memory is how the brain behaves where Physiological memory is how an organism functions. Procedural memory determines how someone functions and Short term memory is a certain way the brain behaves in …show more content…
Also Hermann Ebbinghaus who did experimental studies of memory of which he discovered the “forgetting curve” and the “spacing effect” he also was the first to explain the learning curve. Another key contributor Elizabeth Loftus, who contributes her research in understanding memory, she mainly projected her research on the idea of memories not always being correct and that repressed memories can be incorrect and made up by the brain. There are many other key contributors but these few stand out the most to me, and their theories intrigue me