ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that how the idealized theory may be extended to include memory. It introduces the problem of memory and some background, and then considers some general similarities and differences between existing memory theories. The chapter outlines a new theory of memory. There are two major problems with which any adequate theory of memory must deal. The first concerns the way in which incoming information in the form of stimulation from the outside world is stored in memory, stored information may be modified over time through learning, and stored information is retrieved. The second problem concerns the Processing of information and, particularly, the limited amount of information which human beings can process at any given time. The Atkinson and Shiffrin theory clearly deals with most of the problems which are assumed to be critical to any adequate theory of memory.
