Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Encoding Specificity Principle, Scuba Diving, Hermann Ebbinghaus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

Networks and retrieval cues: spreading activation theory. Assumes ltm is a network of associations. Thinking about one thing activates related concepts. Concepts that are more closely/strongly linked are more activated: retrieval cues. Anything that activates a concept/stored info in ltm. See words mirror tracing on exam procedural memory, patient h. m, implicit memory. Mirror tracing is a retrieval cue for other concepts. Links are bi-directional (can work the other way around) Self-generated cues (this is how i remember it ) Humorous/distinctive cues (tends to make them more. Multiple cues (better chance at remembering at least one of memorable ) them ) Well-rehearsed cues (stronger link shorter distance. Context and state dependence: encoding specificity principle between concepts in our mind) Memory is best when conditions during retrieval are the same (or similar to) conditions during encoding. Context/state/mood act as a kind of retrieval cue. It"s easier to remember in the same (or similar) environment in which it was learned.