PSCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Connectionism, Information Processing, Sensory Memory
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Semantic: info of how to do things *walk, ride a bike* Levels of processing: depends when it is first received. Transfer-appropriate processing: conditions at encoding match conditions of retrieval. Information processing: series of steps before it is remembered. External stimuli, sensory memory (1 sec), short-term memory(18 secs), then long-term memory (forever) Working memory: manipulate info being held in short-term memory. Serial position curve: first an last info == remember well. Retrieval cues: stimuli that helps one retrieve info from ltm. Encoding specificity principle: similar to transfer-appropriate mode of memory. Context - specific memories: memories that are helped/hindered by the contexts. State - dependent memories: person"s internal state. Constructive memory: filling in gaps when one can"t remember. Decay: gradual disappearance of info from memory. Proactive interference: can"t learn new info cause of old information <=== Retroactive interference: new info interferes w/ old info =====> False memories: distortions of events/remembering events that did not happen. Retrograde amnesia: memory loss before brain injury.
