MEMORY PROCESS & MODELS Flashcards
A PROCESS BUT HAS ALSO HAS A PLACE IN THE BRAIN
MEMORY
AN ACTIVE SYSTEM THAT RECEIVES INFORMATION FROM THE SENSES, PUTS THAT INFORMATION INTO A USABLE FORM, IT STORES IT AWAY THEN RETRIEVES INFORMATION FROM STORAGE
MEMORY
1.PUTTING IT IN
2.KEEPING IT IN
3.GETTING IT OUT
3 PROCESSES OF MEMORY
ENCODING PROCESS OF MEMORY
PUTTING IT IN
STORAGE PROCESS OF MEMORY
KEEPING IT IN
RETRIEVAL PROCESS OF MEMORY
GETTING IT OUT
THE FIRST PROCESS IN THE MEMORY SYSTEM IS TO GET SENSORY INFORMATION INTO A FORM THAT THE BRAIN CAN USE
ENCODING (PUTTING IT IN)
SET OF MENTAL OPERATIONS THAT PEOPLE PERFORM ON SENSORY INFORMATION TO CONVERT THAT INFORMATION INTO A FORM THAT’S USABLE IN THE BRAIN’S STORAGE SYSTEMS
ENCODING (PUTTING IT IN)
_ IS NOT LIMITED TO TURNING SENSORY INFORMATION INTO SIGNALS FOR THE BRAIN
ENCODING (PUTTING IT IN)
_ IS ACCOMPLISHED DIFFERENTLY IN EACH OF THREE DIFFERENT STORAGE SYSTEMS OF MEMORY
ENCODING (PUTTING IT IN)
IN OTHER SYSTEM _ MAY INVOLVE REHEARSING INFORMATION OVER AND OVER TO KEEP IT IN MEMORY
ENCODING (PUTTING IT IN)
IN OTHER SYSTEM _ MAY INVOLVE ELABORATING ON THE MEANING OF THE INFORMATION
ENCODING (PUTTING IT IN)
THE NEXT IN THE MEMORY IS TO HOLD ON TO THE INFORMATION FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME IN A PROCESS CALLED _
STORAGE (KEEPING IT IN)
THE PERIOD OF _ WILL ACTUALLY BE OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS, DEPENDING ON THE SYSTEM OF MEMORY BEING USED
TIME
IN ONE SYSTEM OF MEMORY, PEOPLE HOLD ON TO INFORMATION JUST LONG ENOUGH TO WORK IT ABOUT _ SECONDS OR SO.
20 SECONDS
