PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Processing Fluency, Elizabeth Loftus, Hermann Ebbinghaus
Document Summary
The fundamental cognitive mechanism that allows us to store and retrieve information. Camera: preserves images and audio to be played back. Filing cabinet: memory files that are stored in an organised folder system which can be accessed. Computer: can handle different memories at different times. Psychologist frederic bartlett realised all these metaphors about human memory have something in common: they provide a useful way of thinking about memory in some regard, but they are misleading. Each assumes that memory can store experiences in their original undistorted form. Each also assumes that memory retrieval is as simple as accessing a previously stored item that has been kept in a specific place. Data: stored data is identical to inputted information, retrieved data is identical to inputted information. Memory: stored memory includes personal details and interpretations, retrieved memory may be altered or lost.
