PSYC 3265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Wernicke, Ludwig Lichtheim, Forgetting Curve
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Studied list until he could recall entire list in serial order without error (method of complete mastery). After a delay, he learned the list: dependent variable: saving score (the time saved in learning the list again, ex: initially learned the list in 1500 sec, took 600 seconds to relearn the list, saving = Independent variable: time: result: forgetting curve, vertical: savings, x axis: time delay. > eg. aphasia is a word based deficit. Incidental vs intentional memory: explicit memory: conscious recollection of previous experience, tell me your phone number, why did i take this course in the first place, can be intentional and unintentional, measuring explicit memory, recall, recognition. Indirect memory test, conscious recollection not involved: uses past experiences to remember things without thinking about them, episodic vs semantic memory, episodic memory: memory for events or episodes, sematic memory: necessary for language, mental thesaurus. Independent variable: factor that influence a dependent variable: organismic: characteristic that are permanent.
