Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Free Recall, Endel Tulving, Multiple Choice

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

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However similarity of meaning for items in a list or between s and r items in the pa task decrease performance information (elaborative rehearsal: connecting new knowledge to things you already know) Learning something is largely about creating/discovering meaning to attach to the. Greatly increases recall time in a free recall situation. Importance of these factors was discovered by endel tulving of u of t. The more distinctive an encoding is, the easier it will be to recall the encoded (cid:396)e(cid:272)all (cid:894)(cid:395)uiet(cid:374)ess du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g stud(cid:455), (cid:395)uiet(cid:374)ess du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g e(cid:454)a(cid:373); (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal p(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)g(cid:863)(cid:895) Also the more situation at test is similar to the situation of learning, the better the. The more often an item is encountered the greater it is recalled and the faster it is recalled. Pronounceability is correlated . 46 with ability to recall an item or provide a correct response in a pa task. 49 correlation, 22% more likely to recall something if you can pronounce it.