PSYC 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Forgetting Curve, Elizabeth Loftus, Amnesia
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Week 7 notes march 8 2016-memory chapter 8: midterm # 2 worth 30% of your final grade. 60 multiple-choice questions + 3 bonus questions (one from each chapter). Covers chapters 5 (development), 7 (learning), and 8 (memory) approximately 20 questions per chapter. Memory is any indication that learning has persisted over time. It is our ability to store and retrieve information. Evidence that learning persists: recall, recognition, and relearning. Information processing approach-computer example is 100% accurate but our memories are not 100% accurate: memory: encoding (e. g. Monitor retrieval: modified three-stage memory model (3 stage memory model) for events- sensory memory- -working memory (encoding, Working/short term memory (rehearsal, holds a few information briefly) Long term memory: relatively permanent storage of the memory system include knowledge and experiences etc: automatic processing: skips each step and leads right to the long term memory consciously without awareness, sensory memory. Briefly preserve the exact replica of sensory information.
