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Memory
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- 1Memorythe storage, retention and recall of events, information and procedures
- 2The quality of memory varies based on:- the information being retained
-the level of interest
-the significance to an individual - 3The stages of memory- encoding
-storage
-retrieval - 4primacy effectremember the words at the beginning of the list
- 5recency effectremember the words at the end of the list
- 6Ebbinghaus-found out that delay b/t memorization & recall caused forgetting of the material
-meaningful vs. words w/no meaning
-distinctive or unusual info is easier to retain (think of when little) - 7free recallproduce a response from memory
ex. essay question on exam - 8cued recallhints about the material are provided
ex. you are given a photo or initials of the item to remember - 9recognitionchoose the correct of several choices
ex. multiple choice question on exam - 10savings/ relearning methodcompares the speed of learning to the speed of relearning
ex. if you had a list befor and give it to relearn you would probably remember more - 11implicit memoryan experience influences your behavior even though you are not aware of the influence
ex. you use the words from someone else's convo that you don't recall hearing - 12priming effectexposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus
ex. give list with table on it and TAB____
is given for you to complete - 13Explicit Ex.remembering a specific driving lesson
- 14Implicit Ex.improved driving skills as a result of the lesson
- 15procedural memory(implicit) the memory of how to do something
ex. memory of how to play a piano - 16declarative memorythe ability to remember a fact
- 17sematicgeneral knowledge
ex. knowing beethoven wrote moonlight sonata - 18episodicevents
ex. memory from recent piano lesson - 19short term memorytemporary storage of info
-capacity 5-9 bits of info
-expanded by chunking
ex. SSN, phone # - 20long term memoryrelatively permanent storage of mostly meaningful info
- cannot be easily measured - 21working memorythe intermediate stage b/t our 1st encounter w/new info and its eventual storage
- 22encoding specificitymemory is most effective when info available at encoding is also present at retrieval
ex. go downstairs forget, go back upstairs to remember - 23state dependent memoryyou remember something better if your body was in the same condition as it was during encoding
ex. you remember something when drunk but not sober - 24hindsight biastendency to mold our recollection of the past to how events later turned out
"I knew that was going to happen" - 25memory for traumatic events- age 3 y. o.
-reaction of family
-type of event - 26false memoryreport that an individual believes to be a memory but actually never occured
- 27Elizabeth Loftuscreated false memory experiences
- can be distorted or altered from using leading questions
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