Psychology 2135A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Air Traffic Controller, Interference Theory, Sensory Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

Memory: set of processes allows us to record & retrieve experiences & info; is remarkably complex: patient h. m. & k. c. ; lax air traffic controller; prison warden james smith; tatiana cooley: critical to everyday functioning, rajan mahadevan: holds world record for reciting digits from memory; 811 digits (#31) Basic processes of memory: keystrokes are translated into an electrical code that the computer can understand . Similarly, info is translated into electrical, neural signals e. g. reading your class notes, studying for the exam: storage (storage process): retaining info over some period of time, like hitting save on your computer. Chase & simon studied chess players" memory; experts (10,000 hrs) & novices (<100 hrs: 5 sec. to encode chess board with ~24 pieces on it, try to remember exact positions of the pieces. Results: mid-game arrangement: experts better than novices: random arrangement: experts & novices equally bad.