PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Jamaat-E-Islami Hind
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Memory is not defined in terms of the length that the learning has persisted. We can remember some information for a lifetime, but other information for only a few seconds. Specifically, to remember any event, we must get the information into our brain (encoding), retain that information (storage), And later get it back into consciousness (retrieval) We use automatic processing to encode information such as the sequence of the day"s events, and the frequency of events such as the number of times we run into a friend. But for other information, we must use effortful processing. We must consciously attend to (selective attention) and process it to form durable and accessible memories. Multitaskers are often very confident in the multitasking skills, but . Multitasking has negative consequences for learning and memory. Rehearsal is a form of effortful processing that involves conscious. Laptops in the classroom repetition of material.
