Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Acronym, Great Lakes, Long-Term Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

You can remember the general idea of what you did, but not the specifics unless you encode and spend effort to do so. Encoding is transferring information from the temporary store in working memory into permanent store in long-term memory: working memory: processing anything that you"re thinking about at this particular moment. 7+/- 2: if you want to remember more than 7 things, need to process that info so it stays in long-term memory. Encoding is more successful when more cognitive effort is actively used. Combining encoding strategies is more useful than using only one. Encoding specificity: enhanced memory when testing takes place under the same conditions as learning: rote rehearsal say the same thing over and over remember. least effective technique. Remembering someone"s name is bob that you just met, and you can"t after a while. More successful techniques involve tying in the new information to previously known information: rote rehearsal is simply repeating information.