PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Implicit Memory, Explicit Memory, Memory Consolidation

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Lanora Duell

Document Summary

Memory- persistence of learning over time through encoding, storage, & retrieval of information. Recalling information (i. e. - fill in the blank test question) Relearning: wa(cid:455) of (cid:373)easu(cid:396)i(cid:374)g (cid:396)ete(cid:374)tio(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:373)easu(cid:396)i(cid:374)g ho(cid:449) (cid:373)u(cid:272)h faste(cid:396) o(cid:374)e (cid:862)(cid:396)elea(cid:396)(cid:374)s(cid:863) material that was previously learned but forgotten. Ebbinghaus found that the more times he practiced a list of nonsense syllables on day 1, the less time he required to relearn it on day 2. Psychologists use memory models to think & communicate about memory. Information processing models: compare humans to computer operations; involves encoding, storage & retrieval. Connectionism information processing model- focuses on multitrack, parallel processing; views memories as products of interconnected neural networks. We first record to-be-remembered information as a fleeting sensory memory. From there we process information into short-term memory, where we encode it through rehearsal. Finally information moves into long-term memory for later retrieval.