PSYC 100 Lecture 11: PSYC 100 2018 Week 11 Notes

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Identify and define the three components of memory: explain the effects of different levels of processing and types of elaboration on encoding. Memory of loci method of memory enhancement that uses visual information to organize and recall information. Items memorized by socialization with specific location: also known as a memory walk/ palace. Nature of memory in two parts (by bartlett: construction creation of new story from original story, elaboration degree to which information is specified, described, and related to other information in memory. Schema mental framework/ body of knowledge that organizes and synthesizes information about a person, place, or thing. Strength of memory trace (degree to which it is encoded so as to be stored and retrieved later) depends on how extensively the information is processed at encoding. Topic 2: storage: explain the different ways in which memories are stored.