PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Memory Span, Implicit Memory, Explicit Memory
Document Summary
Memory the retention of information over time: surprisingly good & bad, the paradox of memory: same mechanism fails us that helps us. Reconstructive memory: actively inconstant, not passively reproduced, 3rd person observer memory outside observer, 1st person field memory own visual field. Three systems of memory (sensory stm ltm stm) include span and duration: sensory. Brief storage of perceptual info before passed to stm. Each sense has its own form (auditory 5-10 seconds; visual . Working memory is the ability to hold onto information you"re working on. Decay natural/fades overtime: interference due to competition of other info, retroactive when learning new information affects earlier learning, proactive when what you learned before gets in the way of new learning. Span (in adults): 7 2 pieces of information. Chunking organizing material in meaningful groups: maintenance same form, elaborative link in meaningful way. Levels of processing processing model = visual most shallow.
