Psychology 1000 Lecture 13: chapter 8 psych lessons

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mark Holden

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Chapter 8 memory (lectures november 26th, december 1st) E(cid:374)(cid:272)odi(cid:374)g: t(cid:396)a(cid:374)slati(cid:374)g i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) i(cid:374)to a (cid:374)eu(cid:396)al (cid:272)ode that ou(cid:396) (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:862)u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d(cid:863) Sensory memory (sensory register): allows a complete sensation to linger in memory for a very brief time after it has actually ended e. g. perception of an afterimage of a sparkler. 90% of the picture they just saw even in 1/20th of a second. Delayed tone is enough time for the memory to fade away and we are left with nothing. This is the whole idea of the sensory register that fades away in half a second: 2. Short-te(cid:396)(cid:373) me(cid:373)o(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863)(cid:895): (cid:373)ost i(cid:374)fo i(cid:374) se(cid:374)so(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:395)ui(cid:272)kl(cid:455) fades away. Alphabet demo remember the alphabet (memory) or have to do something other than just recite it (working: demo: recite alphabet backwards from q, remember alphabet based on song, pull it out of memory and work with it.