Memory

Memory

1. 3 stages

   • Sensory
     • Preserves brief sensory impressions of stimuli
     • Working
       • Serial position effect
         • Primacy effect
         • Recency effect
         • tendency to recall first & last items in a series best & middle items worst.
     • Briefly withholds info awaiting to enter working memory
     • No meaningful encoding

2. Information processing model

   • Encoding
     • Storage
       • Access and retrieval
         • Retrieve info from memory
       • Retention of encoded info over time
     • Modification of info to fit format of memory system
     • V fast