Understanding Memory: Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval, Lecture notes of Human Memory

Download Understanding Memory: Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval and more Lecture notes Human Memory in PDF only on Docsity! AAC AANNDV ieaey Thee ee ee - ENCODING STORAGE Explain the processes of memory: encoding and storage Explain the difference in short term and long term memory Short-term memory Stimulus Sensory memory Long-term memory Attention Encoding Retrieval Forgetting Forgetting Forgetting  The process by which information gets into memory storage  Ability to transfer information so that the nervous system can process it Use your senses – hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell – to encode and establish memory  Paying attention to info can help the encoding process but takes more effort  After the info is encoded, it goes through the storage process Definition: process by which information is maintained over a period of time  The effort that was out in the encoding will help determine how much is stored for more than a few seconds  3 Stage Approach (theory): most commonly known and used theory of memory 1 8 1 2 1 9 4 1 1 7 7 6 1 4 9 2 2 0 0 1 NOW, TRY AGAIN... 1812 ©1941 1776 1492 2001  area where memories are stored for long periods of time  DECLARATIVE: factual information (names, faces, dates)  SEMANTIC  General knowledge and facts about world  Impressive because of sheer amount of info it can hold  EPISODIC  Memory for biographical details of life  Impressive because of extreme detail involved