Psychology Themes & Variations Chpt.7 Key notes.
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Chapter 7: Human Memory. There are two types of memory, one for general info & memory for personal events called semantic and episodic memory. - Encoding: involves forming a memory code & getting info in. Storage: involves maintaining encoded information in memory over time. Retrieval: involves recovering information from memory stores. Encoding: Requires attention; the role of attention involves focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. (Often linked to a ?filter? that screens out most potential stimuli while allowing a select few to pass through conscious awareness.) Model of selective attention: STIMULUS -> SENSORY DETECTION -> RECOGNITION OF MEANING (early ? late) -> RESPONSE SELECTION -> RESPONSE