TOPIC 5.1
Introduction to Memory
LEARNING TARGET 5.A
Compare and contrast various cognitive processes.
LEARNING TARGET 5.B
Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of memory.
LEARNING TARGET 5.C
Identify the contributions of key researchers in cognitive psychology.
Compare and contrast various cognitive processes.
- Effortful versus automatic processing
- Deep versus shallow processing
- Selective versus divided attention
- Metacognition
LEARNING TARGET 5.B
Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of memory.
- Short-term memory
- Implicit memory (procedural)
- Long-term memory
- Sensory memory (echoic, iconic)
- Explicit memory (semantic, episodic)
- Physiological systems
LEARNING TARGET 5.C
Identify the contributions of key researchers in cognitive psychology.
- Noam Chomsky
- Hermann Ebbinghaus
- Wolfgang Köhler
- Elizabeth Loftus
- George A. Miller