PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Long-Term Memory, Nonsense Word
10 Feb 2016
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Perhaps memory acts like a video camera which accurately preserves images and audio to be played back at a later time. An older idea is to think of memory as a filing cabinet. We create memory files that are stored in an organized folder system which can be later accessed to remember something. Another popular idea is a computer metaphor of memory, where specialized components responsible for handling different memories at different times. The noted psychologist frederic barlett realized that all of these metaphors about human memory have something in common. While each does provide a useful way of thinking about memory in some regard, in another important way they are misleading. Each assumes that memory can store experiences in their original, undistorted form. Each also assumes that memory is retrieval is as simple as accessing a previously stored item that has been kept in a specific place.
