MEMORY THE NATURE OF MEMORY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL OVERVIEW THE 3 BASIC PROCESSES OF MEMORY • MEMORY DEPENDS ON 3 BASIC PROCESSES: ENCODING, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL ENCODING • ENCODING IS A PROCESS THAT PUTS INFORMATION TO BE REMEMBERED INTO A FORM THAT OUR MEMORY SYSTEM CAN ACCEPT AND USE • WE USE MEMORY CODES TO TRANSLATE INFORMATION FROM THE SENSES INTO MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS (CODES INCLUDE AUDITORY MEMORY, VISUAL MEMORY, ETC)