POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Long-Term Memory, Echoic Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: Emory University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 110
• Professor: Reinhardt Eric

Document Summary

Memory = the persistence of learning over time, through the storage and retrieval of information and skills. 3 behaviors show that memory is functioning: recall = retrieve information previously learned and stored. Fill in the blank / short answer: recognition = identify which stimuli match your stored information. Multiple choice: relearning = is a measure of how much less work it takes to learn information previously studied, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t re(cid:272)all ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g see(cid:374) the i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:271)efore. Encoding = the information gets into our brains in a way that allows it to be stored. Storage = the information is held in a way that allows it to later be retrieved. Retrieval = reactivating and recalling the information, producing it in a form similar to what was encoded. Some information seen to go straight from sensory experience into long-term memory; this is automatic processing. More goes on in short-term memory besides rehearsal; this is now called working memory.