PSYC1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spacetime, Operant Conditioning, Diencephalon
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Schema: a mental framework or an organised pattern of thought about some aspect of the world. Mnemonist: a person who displays extraordinary memory skills: highly learned skill that involves extensive practice and efficient encoding, storage and retrieval. Mnemonic device: a memory aid: mnemonics is the art of improving memory, reorganise info into more meaningful units and provide extra cues to retrieve information from ltm. Takes advantage of the principle that memory is enhanced by associations between concepts. Information is stored in ltm as either visual or verbal forms. Dual code theory: encoding information using both verbal and visual enhances memory because the odds improve that at least one of the codes will be available later to support recall. Method of loci: a memory aid that associates information with mental images of physical locations. Acronyms: combine one of more letters (usually the first letter) from each piece of information you want to remember. Semantic networks: a network of associated ideas/ concepts.
