PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psych, Spaced, Melatonin
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Retrieval itself has consequences for our memories. Stuff you retrieve gets stronger and sticks in memory longer. And having now generated an error, this can compete, or interfere with the correct answer. Strengthening an error can make you more confused about what the right answer is. Test and study group: 2 min pretest on some items + 8 min study. Testing is good, not just for assessment, but: Testing involves retrieval, and retrieval itself a powerful memory modifier (strengthens memory) Even when errors are generated (pre-tests and tests) As long as corrective feedback is provided. Enables more elaborative encoding of correct answers: makes connection with pre-existing knowledge. Retrieval- spacing repetitions = forgetting in between, which means you have to engage in retrieval to remember the prior presentation. Variability- each presentation more likely to be encoded in a slightly different state when repetitions spaced apart in time. How is your mind (internal life/thoughts/feeling) related to your brain/body.
