PSYC 3265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent And Independent Variables, Episodic Memory, Anterograde Amnesia

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3265
• Professor: Norman Park

Document Summary

Mnemonics memory tool; method of loci associate things you want to remember. Systematic investigation ebbinghaus (founder) contribution to experimental. And what did he mean by that? with places that are familiar to you: he was systematic, had observations and, drew conclusions memory conclusions. Interested in forgetting and what factors contributed to this study acquisition of memory; studied acquisition of new material. Has to be data on what conclusions are drawn: thought already known info would not enable him to come to proper. Tradition of ebbinghaus tightly controlled experiments, simple stimuli and. The way science works every time someone makes progress, people see. William james cognitive tradition: habit memory (procedural memory) memory for motor skills, primary memory (short term or working memory) memory involved with. Brain region for habit memory striatus; secondary hippocampus; lt dorsal. William james fuzzy if habits were memories. Ecological validity neisser; hasn"t taught us much that we don"t already know based on ebbinhaus" work.