PSY270H1 Lecture : Lecture on Long-Term Memory
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Episodic memory: uniquely human? (clayton & dickinson, 1998: to find if scrub-jays (non-human) can also form episodic memory by recalling what happened in the past. In trial 1, peanut was cached first and then there was a delay for 120 hours. After that, worm was cached followed by 4 hours delay. In trial 2, worm was cached first and then there was a delay for 120 hours. Indicates that episodic memory is not uniquely human. Ps were asked to scan articles in a magazine (advertisement included) Indicates that ppl are more likely to rate statements read/heard before as being true simply because of prior exposure. Ps were those who graduated from high school as long as 48 years ago. Recall vs. recognition for very long term memory (bahrick, 1975: given the high school yearbooks containing names and photos of students.
