PSYC 2001 Lecture : Notes1
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Lab research tightly controlled environment divorced from the real world. Field research real world, loses it"s controls. Apa guidelines: informed consent, confidentiality, debriefing, deception. 1/24/2013 7:03:00 pm retention of information or experiences over time. Three phases of memory: encoding sensory input, automatic vs. effortful encoding, most encoding is effortful, attention, selective attention (purposive focus, divided attention (multitasking, sustained attention (vigilance, storage , retrieval, retrieval cue helps you remember. Levels of processing: deep processing, semantic, meaningful, symbolic characteristics are used, associations are connected with the object, a priori knowledge. The lines and angles features are analyzed and contour of physical appearance are. Sensory memory: rich and detailed information held in original sensory form, very brief, echoic (auditory) memory, iconic (visual) memory. Short term memory: attention: sensory memory -> stm, limited duration (~ 30 secs, limited capacity (7 2) Rehearsal: conscious repetition of information, prolongs stm duration indefinitely.
