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Cognitive Psychology
Study of thinking processes
Based on computer metaphor i.e. we try to understand the mind by
comparing it to a computer:
Input Processing Output
Storage
,WHAT IS MEMORY?
LEARNING is the ACQUISITION OF
KNOWLEDGE
MEMORY is the STORAGE OF AN INTERNAL
REPRESENTATION OF THAT KNOWLEDGE
, MULTI - STORE MODEL OF
MEMORY
Richard Atkinson & Richard Shiffrin (1968) formulated a
STRUCTURE for memory.
THREE TYPES of memory store:
SENSORY REGISTER
SHORT TERM MEMORY (STM)
LONG TERM MEMORY (LTM)
Cognitive Psychology
Study of thinking processes
Based on computer metaphor i.e. we try to understand the mind by
comparing it to a computer:
Input Processing Output
Storage
,WHAT IS MEMORY?
LEARNING is the ACQUISITION OF
KNOWLEDGE
MEMORY is the STORAGE OF AN INTERNAL
REPRESENTATION OF THAT KNOWLEDGE
, MULTI - STORE MODEL OF
MEMORY
Richard Atkinson & Richard Shiffrin (1968) formulated a
STRUCTURE for memory.
THREE TYPES of memory store:
SENSORY REGISTER
SHORT TERM MEMORY (STM)
LONG TERM MEMORY (LTM)
