PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Long-Term Memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Sensory Memory
2 Apr 2013
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Psychologists have generally asked three types of questions about memory: memory acquisition. Encoding reflects data entry or how information initially enters into memory, a selective process that is highly dependent on attention: memory storage. Concerns how the record of memory is maintained over time. This record is not fixed and can be modified: memory retrieval. How can memories be returned to consciousness. Dependent on retrieval cues, key pieces of information that has the potential to activate a memory in full. In a sense, like the cue-response mechanisms studied by behaviourists, one memory acts as a cue to trigger another memory. Early researchers of memory were heavily influenced by behaviourists so early focus of memory research concerned how cues interact with encoding and retrieval mechanisms of memory. Hermann ebbinghaus: brought controlled conditions of the lab to study memory, operationally defined memory as a serial learning task.
