PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Semantic Memory, Change Blindness, Procedural Memory
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Memory not just stored in your mind, it is you. Attention determines what gets into memory. (involuntary: example: black green orange, reason we mix up because we are expert readers. Change blindness: fail to recognize big changes in a stimulus we noticed before: example: sign consent form, researcher bens down, another researcher pops out. How you attend also matters in creating lasting memory codes. Semantic encoding read more on slides. Store sensory information briefly. (remainder in your senses) Organization is key thing in memory. (chunking: example: b-a-s-f-u-m-a-c-u-p-h-d, organize to chunks ba-sfu-ma-cu-phd. Rehearsing is helpful to remember as well. Go back to last night. (implicit memory) Compare what you ate: episodic memory. Memory related to past experience: semantic memory. Memory related to knowledge. (facts: ottawa is capital city of ontario, 7 days in a week, etc . Cope of endless objects as we go through life. Problems: can"t remember an animal, given a picture. Implicit memory: helps perform tasks, procedural memory.