PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Temporal Lobe, Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Hypnosis
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Memory = persistence of learning over time: get the information (encoding), retain it over time (storage), get it back (retrieval) >occurs when the retrieval process does not produce a complete response but produces parts that must be constructed into a whole; Purpose: show how forgetting may result from retrieval failure, rather than encoding or storage failure. *memory is organized by sound, letter and meaning. >recall involves two steps: generation of possible targets, and. Therefore, recognition is generally easier since the first step is already done for you. > stm = transient/ working memory = 7 items +/- 2. 500 times as much info as can be found in all the volumes of the encyclopedia. Semantic = generalized knowledge of the world that does not require memory of specific even; Procedural = complicated sequences of movements that cannot be described adequately with words. Explicit = process through which people deliberately try to remember something.
