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Memory in real world
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- 1Interference TheoryProactive - previous learning interferes
Retroactive - new learning interferes
Could be due to task similarity - 2Ecological validityEyewitness Testimony
High external validity - 3Autobiographical MemoryFor events in ones life
Similar to episodic memory in that it's about life events
BUT DIFFERENT:
"What I had for dinner yesterday" won't be incorporated to autobiographical memory - 4Memories across lifespanInfantile Amnesia - Lack of memories prior to 3 years old
Reminiscence bump - large no of memoryes between 10-30 years
Retention for memories up to 20 years with older memories less likely to be recalled - 5Self-memory systemConway & Pleydell-pearce, 2000
Contains autobio' knowledge based and current goals of working self
Autobio' knowledge contains info about lifetime periods and events
Working set of LTM schemas about self, working at any one time - 6RetrievalGenerative – involves interaction between working self and autobiographical memory base
Direct –memory is spontaneous and does not require working self (no introspective thought) - 7Self Reference effectRogers, Kuiper and Kirker, 1977
Reflects levels of processing theory - 8Flashbulb memoriesBrown and Kulik, 1977
Vivid details memories of certain dramatic world evidents
Longevity, accuracy and reliance on special neural mechanism
Conway et al (Thatcher)
depends on:
prior knowledge
Personal importance
Surprise/emotions
Overt rehearsal
Lots of media repeating scenarios - 9Superior Memory AbilityMethod of Loci
Synaesthesia
Theoretical view :
(Ericksson, 1988)
Meaningful encoding
Retrieval Structure (cues)
Practice
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