PSYCH 2H03 Lecture Notes - Memory Rehearsal, Long-Term Memory, Interference Theory

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2H03
• Professor: Judith Shedden

Document Summary

We must have a way to add new information the vast amounts of information that we acquire over our lifetimes must be stored information is not much good to you unless you can retrieve it. We will start by looking at memory acquisition. Note that ultimately, the three are completely interdependent and interactive. What we learn depends on what we already know. What we know depends on what we have attended to in the past. What we attend to is guided by what we expect. What we expect depends on what we have already learned. Hard to store in memory when there are very few links. Doesn"t mean that there is a physical area of the brain for these processes only different functions. Small, at hand, in use, active, current, fast. Relatively small in capacity information it holds is active and at hand long-term memory. Given the right cue this information can be retrieved.