PSYC 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mnemonic, Free Recall, Endel Tulving
10 Nov 2015
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Chapter 5: the acquisition of memories and the working memory. Working memory and long term memory: one memory or two: researchers ask study participants to listen to a series of words like. Individual studied by chase and ericsson: he was a fan of track events and when he hears numbers he thinks of them as finishing times for races. > four digits can become one chunk to remember seconds and miliseconds -> so he can remember 49. 2 as a chunk instead of 4 9 2, so he can remember far more than just 7 digits. Entering long term storage: the need for engagement. If you focus on what something means (use deep processing) your memory will improve. The role of meaning and memory connections: maintenance rehearsal can leave you with no memory at all, and elaborative rehearsal is most productive.
