PSYC 2260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Distracted Driving, Brute-Force Search, Interference Theory
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Learning outcomes: describe real world implications for divided attention. Learning outcomes: describe amnesia and what it can result from, describe the following dichotomies in relation to long-term/secondary memory: accessibility vs. availability, episodic vs. semantic, retroactive vs. proactive interference, parallel vs. Self-terminating vs. exhaustive search: describe and differentiate recall and recognition, describe and differentiate long-term memory and short-term memory, describe and differentiate components of working memory (baddeley & hitch, 1974; baddeley, describe the properties of sensory memory. Lecture outline: amnesia, long-term memory (secondary memory, short-term memory (primary memory, working memory, sensory memory. Forgetful not forgotten: film by chris wynn, the realities of early-onset alzheimer"s disease, the role of memory in our lives and who we are. Long-term/secondary memory: a place for storing large amounts of information for indefinite periods of time, capacity: virtually unlimited, coding: based on meaning, retention duration: indefinite, accessibility vs. Tulving & pearlston (1966: episodic memory vs. semantic memory, episodic memory, memory for information about one"s personal experiences.
