1. Types of memory Objective – to be familiar with the different types of memory identified in psychology

2. Today's lesson will give an overview of the topics we will be studying in more depth over the coming weeks.

3. Sensory memoryShort-term memory Long-term memory A storage system that holds information in a relatively _______________ form for fractions of a ________ after the _______________ is no longer available. STM is an ______ memory system and contains all the information that you are currently ______________ LTM involves the storage of information over ________ _____________________ Sensory memory is the store that retains the __________ of information received through the ____________. It is a place for _________ __________ of information received from __________ _______________ Storage of information for _____________________ _________ counts as LTM. It is believed there is a separate sensory store for each sense. STM consists of different aspects; STM consists of different aspects;.

4. Models Scientists use models to represent or explain how a process works. Many models are used in psychology. We will now look at one used to explain memory in psychology Shiffrin

5. MSM (Atkinson and Shiffrin 1968) According to the MSM, information received through the senses ( ) enters the. A of this information is to and selected for further processing in the. If its not attended to, the,or. If the information now in STM is actively processed The greater the amount of STM, the greater the likelihood it will to LTM for

6. Working memory Baddeley and Hitch (1974) Baddeley and Hitch questioned the existence of a single STM store. They argued that They saw STM as an “ ” store that holds several pieces of information while its being worked on (hence “working memory”). Cohen (1990) described working memory as: Groome et al. (1999) compared working memory to a computer screen, where various operations are preformed on current data.

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8. Activity – read the extract on the hand out and answer the following questions. 1.What areas of our lives is memory crucial? 2.Why do we study memory? 3.What are the three processes memory can be thought of? 4.What was Hermann Ebbinghaus aim? 5.Why was his work unusual? 6.What approach did Ebbinghaus take and why? 7.Why was Ebbinghaus work so important? 8.What criticisms can be made of his work and how would similar studies be carried differently today? 9.Describe how Bartletts work differed from Ebbinghaus. 10.Do you agree with Bartlett? Support your opinion with an explanation and provide examples to strengthen your opinion.