PSY372H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scuba Diving, Encoding Specificity Principle, Episodic Memory
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Psy372: chapter 7 episodic memory (lecture 3) Episodic memory: memory for events that we experience. When we experience an event, we process it at multiple levels: each of these levels leaves a memory trace, memory for text there are three levels of representation: the surface form, textbase and mental model. Surface form: captures the verbatim text, initially important but usually quickly forgotten. Mental model: represents the state of affairs described by the text. Generally remembered over long periods of time. People use knowledge at this level to make memory decisions about what was encountered before. You forget how the article was worded, but can remember the slight idea (surface form vs mental model: cuing when we recall an event, we sometimes need a prompt. Retrieval cues help a person access memory traces that contain the same information (ltm available: types of cues: two types of episodic retrieval cues.
