PSY 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Eyewitness Testimony, Anterograde Amnesia, Temporal Lobe
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Herman ebbinghaus taught new materials so that he knew exactly what someone had learned and when. His approach led to all later research on memory. Produce a response like you do on essays or short answers. You receive significant hints about the material. Choosing the correct items among several options. Detects weak memories by comparing the speed of original learning to the speed of relearning. Explicit/ direct memory: someone who states and answer and regards it as a product of memory: free recall, cued recall, recognition, and savings are all examples. Implicit/ indirect memory: an experience influences what you say or do even though you might now be aware of the influence: ex. When you are talking to someone but can hear a different conversation in the background. Reading or hearing a word temporarily primes that word and increases the chance that you will use it yourself.
