PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Forgetting Curve, Processing Fluency
Document Summary
Memory: fundamental cognitive process that allows you to encode, store & retrieve info. Memory stored data is identical to inputted info stored memory includes personal details & interpretations retrieved data is identical to inputted information retrieved memory may be altered or lost. The basics of memory psychologists study how memory is acquired, encoded, stored & retrieved one memory acts as a cue to trigger another memory into consciousness. Forgetting curve: ability to recall recently encoded info decreases rapidly over time. Levels of processing principle: the more we try to organize & understand the material, the better we remember it making connections b/w new info and your existing knowledge is deep level processing. Encoding specificity environmental cues are encoded together w/ memories for items & events. Encoding specificity: memory encodes all aspects of an experience subjects were better able to remember items from the list when they were tested in same context used during encoding.
