| Chapter 5 Information processing view: 3-store model of memory and mental strategies Sensory memory: perception of sensory information Working memory: has limited capacity; increases with age Automatic attention responsible for attraction to novelty; declines with age Controlled attention responsible for concentration; increases with age Long-term memory: helps us make inferences about the world around us; storage of strategies Infantile amnesia: inability to recall information before 3-4 years of age Due to lack of self-concept and autobiographical memory Due to lack of verbally-based memory Due to use of implicit memory rather than explicit memory |
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