PSY 3128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Episodic Memory, Prospective Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3128
• Professor: Shirley Griffith

Document Summary

Last class: attentional processes, sensory processes, sensory memory. Semantic memory: meaning of words and concepts that are not tied to any specific episode. People with alzheimer"s have a more severe decline in episodic than other types of memory. Test it with recalling or recognizing things. Learning a list and recalling them back to the researcher. Cues are given if they really can"t remember. Start without cues, give cues to help later on in the task. More intrusions with age, like remembering a word that was related to the list but not actually on it. More likely to repeat previously recalled items. 80% of adults in their 20s outperform adults in their 70s. Reduce mistakes by slowing the pace of presentation, familiar stimuli, allow for practice. Semantic memory: small to no differences with age. Doesn"t change with aging, perform the same as younger adults. Once you know a word and a meaning then it doesn"t decline.