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8.1 Memories as Types and Stages

L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S

1.Compare and contrast explicit and implicit memory, identifying the features that define each.

2.Explain the function and duration of eidetic and echoic memories.

3.Summarize the capacities of short-term memory and explain how working memory is used to process information in it.

As you can see in Table 8.1 "Memory Conceptualized in Terms of Types, Stages, and Processes", psychologists conceptualize memory in terms of types, in terms of stages, and in