PSYCH 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Processing Fluency, Implicit Memory, Explicit Memory
6 Feb 2017
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Opposing effects of automatic (implicit) and controlled (explicit) processes: fluency of processing. Exposure to names in first list results in fluency of processing next time they are presented. Processing fluency leads to feeling of familiarity: attempt to determine source of familiarity. When you attempt to determine source of familiarity, this can lead to: Successful recall of the name from the previous list (controlled process): attribute source of the familiarity correctly. Memory will be better if the original list was learned under full attention condition. Failure to recall the name from the previous list: misattribute the source of the familiarity (must be a famous name!) More apt to do with if the original list was learned under divided-attention conditions. Practice with a sequence of associations produces processing fluency. Similar to repetition priming with sensory stimuli. We are sensitive to degrees of fluency but we don"t perceive it as fluency.
