AS Psychology- Memory

Concept- Memory is about processing information.

The process goes;

Input(the information going in) ----- Processing(How the mind works on the information) ------ Output (The ability to recall/fail to recall information)

The two models of processing information:

• Multi store Model (MSM)
• Working Memory Model (WMM)

Key things when learning about memory are;

• How much storage does the mind have?
• How long can we keep information for?
• Why do we forget?
• How do we remember?
• How is information encoded?

What is Encoding? Transferring information in to code.

Even though we have 5 senses, when working with memory researchers only really focus on two. The two senses are;

• Iconic- Sight information. Information lasts 0.5 seconds 
• Acoustic/echoic-Audio information '    ' 2.0 seconds.

3 Memory Systems (In the MSM);

• Sensory Memory System- This is the first memory system that information comes to before either going to another memory system or being completely forgotten. The…