Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mnemonic, Weissenborn, Pierre Trudeau

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

Document Summary

Encoding: the processing of information into the memory system: transforming what we perceive, think and feel into our memory. Memories are made by combining information we have in our brains with new information. Storage: the retention of recorded information over time. Retrieval: the process of getting information out of memory storage. Focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. Visual and auditory memories are maintained at the sensory memory stage long enough to ensure a continuous sensory experience. Sperling (1960): assessed visual sensory memory (iconic memory) Presented participants with a 3x4 matric of letters. Partial report: each row had an assigned tone: medium, high or low, had to report the letters correlated to the tone they hard. Results: whole report participants: reported about 4 of 12 items, partial report participants: reported about 3 of 4 items no matter which row. Therefore, almost all letters had ben encoded: working memory. Organized set of activities (rather than physical place)