PSYCO258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Castling, Interference Theory, Railways Act 1921
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Retroactive interference is new material interfering with retrieval of older material. Proactive interference is old material interfering with retrieval of newer material (opposite) Test list (get tested on the list: testing retroactive interference. Release from pi: to asses pi, change the materials, almost like you started over, and recall will improve. Pi builds up over trials in a study. If pi is potent, how can we remember day-to-day experiences? (our days are so similar) In some cases, we cannot (do you know exactly what you had for lunch yesterday?) In other cases, meaningful processing makes events distinct. Experts have very high memory for materials in their domain: chess, bridge, go, waiters, actors, . By: materials divided up into meaningful units (chunks, sequence of chunks accessed with a retrieval structure (organized scheme) Chunks associated with an interpretation or meaning: have to associate things, and assign meaning to them.