The Computer Analogy Flashcards
It was late 1960-70s that there was a cognitive revolution that here researchers moved towards the idea of information processing. What does this idea of memory working as a diagram or flowchart resemble?
The sort of information processing used by a computer.
COMPUTER ANALOGY IS
Input —>Process —>Output
What is memory’s?
Encoding —>Storage —>Retrieval
What are the 4 stages of the human brain for memory that works like a computer? AND an example.
1- Information from the environment imputed by 5 senses.
2-Then processed in STM (or WMM).
3-Outputs some behaviour.
4-Store information in LTM (hard drive).
EG- A student from class gets input of information from teacher telling them how to do addition. They process this information and then output behaviour- producing answers to the sums. They then store how to do addition in their memory.
Definition of Encoding.
Transforming sensory experience into a form that can be stored in the memory system. EG transforming input into acoustic code in the short term store.
Definition of Storage.
Holding information in the memory system. EG unlimited capacity of storage in LTM.
Definition of Retrieval.
Recovering information from the memory system. EG accessing information stored from LTM.
Definition of Capacity.
The amount of information that can be stored by the memory system. EG unlimited capacity of storage in LTM.
Definition of Duration.
The amount of time that information can be stored in the memory system. EG duration of under 30 seconds in STM.
