PSYC 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Procedural Memory, Temporal Lobe, Classical Conditioning
12 Mar 2018
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Long-term memory (ltm) - the system responsible for storing info for long periods of time. archive of information about past events in our lives + learned knowledge: within last 30s --> short term/working memory, everything past ---> long-term memory, b. b. Murdoch, jr. (1962: studied distinction b/w stm and ltm by measuring a function called the serial position curve. Serial position curve measured by: presenting list of words to a group of subjects at a steady rate, at end of presentation, subjects write down all words they can remember, in any order, results plotted in a curve. Indicates % of subjects recalling each word vs. its position in the list. Subject begins recall immediately after hearing list of words. List is presented and subject repeats words out loud in 5-second intervals b/w words. Words at beginning of list are repeated more, so they are more likely to get into. Subject begins recall after counting backwards for 30 seconds.
