PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: James Marcia, Personal Fable, John Bowlby
Document Summary
Worries about being able to control for individual experience linked differences. Questions about how to explore the processes involved. Questions about the accuracy of memories reported. Sought to prove that we could examine the concept of memory from a purely scientific viewpoint. Used himself as his primary research subject (control for individual differences) Used lists of nonsense syllables (control for stimulus differences) His research was meant to apply to a normal individual. Focus: determine how we can acquire and forget information (free recall test) Number of nonsense syllables in the list. Length of time that passed before testing himself after learning the nonsense syllable. Length of time that passed before testing himself after just reading the nonsense syllables. Generated information about capacity (7 + or - 2 items), learning curves, forgetting curves. Ability to display memory of information when we are asked to reproduce it in approach. Different types of memory that potentially exist.
