Chapter_15

What is memory? How memory works? How and why do we forget? Forgetting from Short-term memory? Forgetting from Long-term memory?
 * This is only based on chapter 15 info on memory but does not include Attention will try to include! Make sure to check glossary too**
 * Memory **is not** single, simple information store. It is made of short-term memory(very limited) and long-term memory( unlimited).
 * Elaboration is to emphasize the similarites/differences among all items.
 * Memory should be considered as a constructive process and not studied in isolation because it involves all aspects of cognition.
 * Working memory( Short-term memory) has three components: Central Exec, Articulatory/ Phonological Loop, and Visuo-spatial sketchpad.
 * Long term memory hold information in terms of the meaning. Long-term aid recognition of olfactory/gustatory encoding like smell of rotten food or sound of dog bark. Episodic and Autobiographical memory are both based on personal history. Semantic and procedural are two components of Long-term memory.
 * Two issues related to forgetting are Accessibility and Availability.
 * Accessibility is related to the inability to retirieve info stored in memory.Related to Short-term memory.
 * Availaiblity is concerned with whether the information was stored to begin with. Related to Long-term memory.
 * __Decay theory:__ Memory fades with time.
 * __Displacement theory__: to store info others have to be squeezed out.
 * Interferency Theory: Forgetting influenced by what we did before and after learning.
 * Interference has two forms: Retroactive Interference(works backwards) and Proactive Interference(earlier info affects new learning).
 * Retrieval failure Theory**: Incorrect retrieval cue causes inability to retrieved stored information.