GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pseudoword, Ram Parity, Encoding Specificity Principle
13 Mar 2018
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Memory errors tell us a lot about how memory works. Searching a storehouse of records of past events. Recollecting the past is a process of reconstruction, the past is recreated or inferred, not re-experienced. Human memory is designed to anticipate the future, not recapitulate the past. Retrieval failure ; unable to pull information out. Not the best hypothesis (brain cells die?, connection disconnect?) Problem for testing - how do we test the difference between time and new learning. Teach them a maze, then either let them run around on their own, or put then in a warm dry spot for the same amount of time, they will just wait. Results: mazer memory better after just watching and waiting there. Given a list on nonsense syllables - then go out and do what you would do or go to sleep. People that slept do better at this memory task then those who are going on with there day.
