PSYC 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Episodic Memory, Metamemory, Information Processing
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Need to know for test: most historical, humans are like computers (input, storage, output, serial position- order of encoding encoded (ltm- long term memory, primary effect- more likely to retrieve the first info, recency effect- more likely . Forgetting: h. ebbighaus- forgetting curve and method of savings, came up with nonsense syllables, ex: cyl, lar, interferences, proactive interference- old info interferes with the ability to store new info. Psy info never gets in: retroactive interference- new info interferes with the ability to retrieve old info, abnormal forgetting, anterograde amnesia- problems remembering events/ individuals after the trauma, retrograde amnesia- problems remembering events that occurred before the trauma. Ex: bell . food: backward- cs presented after the ucs ex: food . Phobias are hard to treat due to avoidance. Law of effect- if a behavior is followed by something positive it will increase.
