PSYC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Implicit Memory, Classical Conditioning, Endel Tulving

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2700
• Professor: Jordan Richard Schoenherr

Document Summary

Holds info for long period of time. B/c it encompasses so many diff kinds of info, 1 approach is to try to determine if there are separate ltm systems. E. g. , semantic (meaning), episodic, procedural, conditioning, etc. Declarative or explicit memory: long-term memory knowledge that can be retrieved & then reflected on consciously: episodic memory: personally experienced info; one"s autobiographical long- term memory, semantic memory: general world knowledge, including knowledge of language, is stored. Non-declarative or implicit memory: long-term memory performance affected by prior experience w/ no necessary awareness of influence. Memory systems: interaction among acqtn. , retention, & retrieval mechanisms characterized by certain rules of operation. Multiple memory system: idea that 2 or more systems characterized by fundamentally diff rules of operation. Separate neural pathways: evidence that performance on diff tasks associated w/ diff brain areas. E. g. , lesion in area x affects implicit memory tasks, but not explicit.