PSY Ch 6- Memory

processes of Memory

encoding

Memory stages

Sensory

Short term

long term

putting it in

storage

retrieval

keeping it in for as long as possible

pulling it out

temporary storage buffer that preserves sensory impressions for 1-2 seconds

lasts 20-30 minutes, comes from sensory if you are paying attention

non-declarative memory: don't have to think about

Forgetting

interference theory

more similar information you are trying to remember, the harder they are to remember

Repressed Memory

too much to handle so brain stores it where it can't be found

Amnesia

retrograde

Anterograde

lose memories before the accident

lose memories after accident

Childhood

not remembering from 3.5 and younger

Disociative

trauma