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15 Cards in this Set
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Memory |
an active system that receives info from the senses, puts it in a usable form, organizes it as it stores it away, then retrieves it |
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Encoding |
converting sensory info a form that is usable in the brain's storage |
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Storage |
Holding on to info for some period of time |
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Retrieval |
Getting the information out of storage so it can be used |
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Information-Processing Model |
Information processing is similar to a computer. Most comprehensive model, involves 3 stages. |
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Parallel Distributed Processing Model (PDP) |
Memory processes take place at the same time over a large neural network. |
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Levels-of-Processing Model |
info processed according to it's meaning rather than sound or physical characteristics |
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Sensory Memory |
1St system in memory process, point where information from the senses are held for a brief time |
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Iconic sensory memory |
Visual sensory system, lasts ~30 seconds |
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Echoic Memory |
brief memory of something a person has heard 2-4 seconds |
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Short term memory (stm) |
information is being held for use for 30 seconds (or longer with maintenence rehersal. |
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selective attention |
ability to focus on only on one stimulus among all sensory input |
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working memory |
an active system that processes the information present within short term memory |
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chunking |
recoding or reorganizing information into smaller, more managable chunks |
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maintenence reharsal |
saying information over and over in one's head to maintain it in short term memory |
