Chapter 6 Memory

Memory 3 Processes of Memory Definition- an active system that receives information from the senses, organizes and alters it as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage 3 Processes of Memory Encoding Storage Retrieval

Models of Memory Levels of Processing Model Parallel Distributed Processing Model Information Processing Model

Information Processing Model Sensory Memory Iconic Sensory Memory Capacity of Iconic Memory Duration of Iconic Memory Eidetic Imagery Function of Iconic Memory Echoic Sensory Memory

Short Term Memory Selective Attention Three Interrelated Systems Capacity Chunking Maintenance Rehearsal

Long Term Memory Capacity Duration Elaborative Rehearsal Types of Long Term Memory Procedural Declarative Sematic Episodic

Long Term Memory Organization Retrieval Automatic Encoding Semantic Network Model Retrieval Retrieval Cues Encoding Specificity Recall Recognition Automatic Encoding

Reconstructive Nature Constructive Process of Memories Memory Retrieval Problems

Forgetting Ebbinghaus and the forgetting curve Distributed practice Encoding Failure Memory Trace Delay Theory Interference Theory

Physical Aspects of memory Neural activity Hippocampus Amnesia Retrograde amnesia Anterograde amnesia Infantile Amnesia Alzheimers