PSYC 101 Lecture 7: UNIT 7 Class Notes
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Module 17: how we remember: cues to improving memory. Module 19: accuracy and inaccuracy in memory and cognition. Memory conceptualized in terms of types, stages, and processes. Explicit memory- requires conscious awareness: semantic memory. Facts and general knowledge: episodic memory. Implicit memory does not require conscious awareness: procedural memory. Enhanced identification of objects or words: learning through classical conditioning. Multiple- choice test memory after it has been learned and. Involves filling in missing letters to make words. Stages of memory: sensory, short- term, and long- term memory. Sensory input sensory memory attention short term memory encoding long term memory. Some information may be is lost is lost lost over time. Iconic memory: visual sensory memory, duration is less than one second. Echoic memory: auditory sensory memory, duration is several seconds. Sperling (1960) showed participants letter displays for 1/20th of a second.
