Psychology 200

•          Introduction to Memory

Module 24

•          Introduction to Memory

Introduction to Memory

•  Information Processing

•          Memory

Memory is the basis of knowing your friends, your neighbors, the English language, the national anthem, and yourself.

If there was no memory everyone would be a stranger to you, every language foreign, every task new, and even you yourself would be a stranger.

•          The Phenomenon of Memory

Memory is any indication that learning has persisted over time. It is our ability to store and retrieve information.

•          Flashbulb Memory

An unique and highly emotional moment can give rise to clear, strong, and persistent memory called flashbulb memory. Though this memory is not free from errors.

•          Stages of Memory

•          Information Processing

Atkinson-Schiffrin (1968) three-stage model of memory includes a) sensory memory, b) short-term memory and c) long-term memory.

•          Problems with the Model

1. Some information skips the first two stages and enters long-term memory automatically.
2. Since we cannot focus all the sensory information in the environment, we select information (through attention) that is important to us.
3. The nature of short-term memory is more complex.

•          Working Memory

Alan Baddeley (2002) proposes working memory to contain auditory, visual processing controlled by central executive, through episodic buffer.