PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Psychogenic Amnesia, Prospective Memory, Retrospective Memory
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Flashbulb memories: some unusual, shocking or tragic events hold a special place in memory, these memories were called flashbulb memories because the term captures the surprise, illumination & photographic detail that characterize them, even flashbulb memories have errors. What is memory: memory is recalling past events and past learning by means of encoding, storage, and retrieval. Three processes of memory: encoding: putting information into a form the brain can understand and getting it into memory, storage: the process of retaining memories in the brain for later use, retrieval: recovering stored memories. The role of attention: attention: focus on a stimulus. Long-term memory: long-term memory: all of the information we have gathered that is available for use, such as acquired skills, people we know, etc, spaced rehearsal: facilitates moving working memories into long-term memory. Studying a little bit over a long period of time is better for memory.
