PSYC 336 Lecture 6: 6.7 - The Acquisition of Memories and the Working-Memory System VII
7 Dec 2020
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The acquisition of memories and the working-memory system vii. Incidental learning, intentional learning, and depth of processing. Intentional learning learning that is deliberate, with an expectation that memory will be tested later. Ex. task would be to remember as many as they could. Incidental learning learning in the absence of any intention to learn. Ex. task whether the word contained the letter e. Intention to learn doesn"t add very much. Memory can be just as good without this intention. Shallow processing pay attention only to appearance and other superficial aspects of the material. Deep processing pay attention only to the meaning and implications of the material. Level of processing an assessment of how deeply newly learned materials are engaged. Intention to learn adds little, doesn"t matter that much. Memory performance is roughly the same in conditions in which participants do shallow processing with an intention to memorize, and in conditions where they do shallow processing without this intention.
