CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Connectionism, Encoding Specificity Principle, Iconic Memory

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Martha Tompson

Document Summary

Information processing model: process transforming info into memory. 0. 5 seconds (iconic memory, vision); 2-3 seconds (echoic, sound) Briefly store impression so overlap and appear continuous. Temporary storage for info in use, working memory . Storing huge quantities of information, experience, skills, Procedural: how-tos (ex. playing the piano, riding a bike) Automatic: particularly re: time, space, and frequency. Retrieval cue failure: lack of cues = inability to recall. Cued recall (fill in blank) recognition(multiple choice) Primary (most likely to remember the first few pieces of something: 53058673) Recency (last few still in short term memory: 53058673) Context affects memory (where you are when you learned it) State dependence (more likely to remember in certain states, drunk, high, etc) Mood dependence (encoding and retrieving must be in same mood) Mood congruence (mood brings up certain memories) Space study sessions apart from each other. Encoding failure: never put in first place. Retroactive: new info in the way of old.