PSYC-1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Iconic Memory, George Sperling, Long-Term Memory

• School: University of Winnipeg
• Department: PSYCHOLOGY
• Course: PSYC-1000
• Professor: Strub

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3 memory systems: sm --> stm --> ltm. Memory: the persistence of learning over time, through the storage and retrieval of information and skills. Recall - you retrieve information previously leaned and unconsciously stored. Recognition -a form of "multiple choice. " you identify which stimuli matched your stored information. Relearning - a measure of how much less work it takes you to learn information you studied before. Ebbinghaus found that the more times he practiced a list of nonsense syllables on day 1, the less time he required to relearn it on day 2. Memory ability: not an absolute talent or intelligence, depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) your . Easy/effortless memories: those related to the contingencies of survival in our evolutionary pre-history. Intelligent stratagy: ma(cid:374)y of the de(cid:373)a(cid:374)ds of the (cid:373)oder(cid:374) world, such as . Stimuli are recorded by our senses and held briefly in sensory memory. Some of this information is processes into short-term memory and encoded through rehearsal.