PSYC20007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hot Air Balloon, Sensory Memory
23 Aug 2018
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Intro: we cant remember everything, what we remember" depends on what we actually encode, memory is reconstructive: If perception is limited, and we cannot perceive everything how do we remember everything: we fill in the gaps, guesswork, our memories can therefore be manipulated, i. e. false, memory is tied to context beliefs/false memories. Nature of memory: quote, memory is constructive, encoding, cues from retrieval, exploited to construct a response to a cue, we remember things because something our environment has prompted us to remember. Model of memory: what is unique about this model, emphasised idea of multiple memory stores, sensory memory: Attentional bottleneck cont: sensory limitations prevent every detail being registered, limits info being perceived, the visual system spatially removes details (alaska case/julia. Roberts: distraction, distraction impairs encoding, the amount of distraction increases recall waiting time, distinction, faces that are not average/prototypical are easier to remember, attractive/unattractive faces are recalled better, weapons:
