PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Episodic Memory
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In order for you to remember something, 3 things need to happen: 1) encode information, 2) storage of memory, 3) retrieving stored information (tip-of-the-tongue phenomena) Not just about thinking of stuff deeply in order for things to be remembered, we need to also focus on the structure of how we remember things. Size of your memory is less relevant to how you organize your information. You want to put new information to connect to old information. We often wish we can remember things very well, but we also need to forget things well, since there are incidents that you wish to forget. Jill pri(cid:272)e is a(cid:271)le to re(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er e(cid:448)erythi(cid:374)g that is rele(cid:448)a(cid:374)t to her, she does(cid:374)"t forget a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g that happen in her life. When it comes to remembering something, it is easier to encode things to memory by thinking about things deeply/connections, using weird imagery, organizing the information.
