PSYC 317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Interference Theory, Autobiographical Memory, Prospective Memory
20 Aug 2016
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Chapter 8 - everyday memory prospective memory: remembering what you need to do and then doing it. Doing it at the right time role of reminding cues. Unfamiliar cures are more effective than familiar ones. Cue words are presented: words vs. nonwords. Problem: no cue available in time-based tasks. Solution: turn time-based task into event-based task autobiographical memory: what has happened in my life. Field perspective: remembering an event as if you were seeing it. Observer perspective: remembering an event as if someone else was seeing it. Recent memories are seen from a field perspective. Remote memories are seen from an observer perspective. Episodic memory + semantic memory memory over lifespan. Transition events reminiscence bump: memory effect in people over 40. Life-narrative: people build their life identities during that time. Cognitive: encoding is better in times of rapid change followed by stability. Cultural life script: events that commonly occur in one culture. Rb at 20-24 if immigrated at that time.
