PSYCH-190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Semantic Memory, Prospective Memory
28 Sep 2020
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Explicit memory: the act of consciously or intentionally retrieving past experiences. The capacity for holding information for a long period of time for as little as a. Semantic memory few minutes to as long as decades or even a lifetime. A network of associated facts and concepts that make up our general knowledge of the world. The collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular. Hermann ebbinghaus measured his retention at various delay intervals after he studied lists of nonsense syllables. Retention was measured in percent savings, that is, the percentage of time needed to relearn the list compared to the needed to learn it initially. Remembering to do things in the future. A failure to retrieve information that is available in memory even though you are trying to produce it. For instance if you are about to say something and completely forget what it was. Assigning a recollection or an idea to the wrong source.
