PSYC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Long-Term Memory, The Principles Of Psychology, Interference Theory

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Memory that we are consciously thinking about that disappears if we do not transfer to long term memory. Is the consciousness of our states of mind in transition. The objects of that memory are never cut from our awareness of the present moment. People can only maintain about 7 chunks +/- 2: chunk: meaningful unit that makes sense together. Stm holds memory in chunks, the 7 chunks are possibly groups of meaningful information, not single pieces of information. Goal: sho(cid:449) e(cid:454)perts" superior memory for information related to their domain of expertise: chess, experts have much better short term memory in their domain because they are able to organize their knowledge. If random, everyone randomizes information on first trial. Due to expertise, experts we"re tryi(cid:374)g to (cid:373)ake se(cid:374)se of the board. Expert first trial seventh trial: knowledge is only useful when using it in a certain domain, otherwise it interferes with memory.

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