PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ben Pridmore, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Frederic Bartlett
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Introduction to memory cognitive psychologists: interested in exploring the world of thoughts, representations and mental processes that make humans sentient beings. Memory: the fundamental cognitive mechanism that allows you to encode, store and retrieve information. Video camera: preserves images and audio filing cabinet: organized and easily accessed computer: specialized components used for remembering at different times (cid:1) Data: stored data is identical to inputted information and retrieved data is identical to inputted information. Memory: stored memory includes personal details and interpretations and retrieved memory may be altered or lost, if lost over time: forgetting . Although you may perceive memory to represent an objective, undistorted representation of events, a rich history of research reveals that memory is subject to interpretation and reconstruction. To study memory mechanisms, psychologists use the controlled conditions of the lab: hermann ebbinghaus: operationally defined memory as a serial learning task.
