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| is an active system that receives info from the senses, puts that info into a usable form, organizes it as it stores it away and then retrieves it from storage |
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set of mental operations that people perform on sensory info to convert that info onto a form that is usable in the brains storage system.
accomplished differently in each of the three different storage systems of memory |
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holding onto the info for some period of time.
period of time will actually be different lengths depending on the system of memory being used. |
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| getting info that is in storage into a form that can be used |
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| INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL |
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focuses on the way info is handled or processed through three different systems of memory. the processes of encoding, storage and retrieval are seen as part of this model
assumes that the length of time that a memory will be remembered depends on the stage of memory in which it is stored. |
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| PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING MODEL |
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while many aspects of memory formation follow a series of steps or stages, there are those who see memory as a simultaneous process with the creation and storage of memories taking place over a series of mental networks across the brain.
allows faster reactions and decisions |
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| LEVELS OF PROCESSING MODEL |
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| assumes that info that is more deeply processed according to its meaning will be remember for a longer period of time |
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| first stage of memory, the point at which info enters the NS through the sensory systems |
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| can only be explained by the presence, however brief, of a memory of what was seen |
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visual sensory memory lasting only a fraction of a second
capacity is what can be seen at once |
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| capacity of iconic memory |
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| anything that can been seen at one time |
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info that has just entered iconic memory will be pushed out very quickly : masking.
after a quarter of a second, old info is replaced by new info |
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ability to access a visual sensory memory over a long period of time
photographic memory |
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| brief memory of something a person has heard |
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limited to what can be heard at any one moment and is smaller than the capacity of iconic memory, although it lasts longer--about two to four seconds
allows the person to remember what someone said long enough to recognized the meaning of a phrase |
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| ability to focus on only one stimulus from among all sensory input |
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| info is held for brief periods of time while being used |
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STM has traditionally been thought of as a thing of place into which info is put.
WM is more correctly thought of as an active system that processes the info present in STM |
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