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Memory

Memory


Memory is defined as the faculty by which sense impressions and
information are retained in the mind and subsequently recalled. A person's
capacity to remember and the total store of mentally retained impressions and
knowledge also formulate memory. (Webster, 1992)
"We all possess inside our heads a system for declassifying, storing and
retrieving information that exceeds the best computer capacity, flexibility, and
speed. Yet the same system is so limited and unreliable that it cannot
consistently remember a nine-digit phone number long enough to dial it"
(Baddeley, 1993). The examination of human behavior reveals that current
activities are inescapably linked by memories. General "competent" (1993)
behavior requires that certain past events have effect on the influences in the
present. For example, touching a hot stove would cause a burn and therefore
memory would convey a message to not repeat again. All of this is effected by
the development of short-term......


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