Memory & Cognitive Psychology Model

Yet, there are many intriguing problems related to memory. There are the individuals suffering from forms of temporary amnesia. There are fugue states. There are those talking about repressed memories. There is shock treatment that sometimes eliminates short-term memory and sometimes erases years from people's lives. Cognitive psychology offers us yet another model of memory. The intention in the following pages is to explore this model, while examining some of the issues that a strong theory of memory would have to explain.

The first influential theory about memory in cognitive psychology was the multistore model, developed by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1971). This model built on the work of others in distinguishing between short-term memory storage, and use, and longer-term memory storage and use. However, Atkinson and Shiffrin added another component, in what they termed the sensory store, and reconceptualized memories as short-term and long-term stores. Essentially, this model asserts that environmental input is processed through the senses and moved into short-term memory or temporary working memory. It can then be utilized for actio

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with the loss of much of the declarative knowledge, the procedural knowledge was expressed in a completely different way. This argues for one system, in process, and with multiple possible pathways. The pathway chosen probably results from the dominant schema. Schemas, or mental representations, would be tied into brain structures and the memory system. In the painters case, loss of the declarative memory and knowledge, probably either altered or eliminated the dominant schema, opening up another pathway for the procedural memory to exercise its remaining skills. Fugue states Fugue states are the stuff of nightmares. The classic fugue state is a psychogenic state in which the individual suffers from temporary, functional amnesia, generally precipitated by a psychological trauma. These are usually rare states and individuals may not even be aware that they are in such a condition until confronted with the necessity of identifying themselves or confronted by people who know them and express surprise at their atypical behavior (Schachter, 1996). Obviously these are not problems caused by damage to brain structures, or at least not damage that psychologists can currently measure or accurately identify. Yet, something has
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