PSYC1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Memory Consolidation, Temporal Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex
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Decay occurs in physiological mechanisms (physical decay of memory trace) Retroactive- new learning interferes with old learning (competing information) Proactive- old learning interferes with new learning. Encoding specificity: similarity of retrieval cues and memory code. Remember better when in environment where learned. Transfer-appropriate processing: similarity between initial processing and retrieval processing. Studying for multiple choice vs, short answer tests; concepts vs. definitions tests. Repression: motivated forgetting (we don"t want to remember); unconscious avoidance tendencies. Recovered memories: coping efforts that attempt to block awareness; misinformation effect; power of suggestion influences recall . Roediger and mcdermott (1995, 2000): false memories- lists of words similar to target word, 50% of subjects recalled target word that wasn"t actually there, given big recognition test at end and participants ticked off 80% of non-presented target words. The seven sins of memory- ways our memory fails us.
