PSYC-1105EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Episodic Memory, Procedural Memory, Source-Monitoring Error
12 Jan 2021
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The meaning we attach to the raw information received through our senses. Based on - objective reality and existing knowledge. Contains visual or verbal or a combination of codes. Abstract knowledge structures that organize large amounts of information. What features are typical of a category. Adding and extending meaning by connecting new information to existing knowledge. Material that is well organized is often easier to remember. Recognition - elect previously learned information from an array of option. May never have been inserted into memory in the rst place. Some levels of processing lead to forgetting more than others. If distracted, may only be using phonemic encoding, rather than semantic encoding. Evident for sensory or short-term memory, but not for long-term memory. Usually due to interference from other information. New information impairs retention of previously learned information. Previously learned information interferes with retention of new information. Value of retrieval depends on how well it corresponds to memory code.
