PSYC 221 Study Guide - Von Restorff Effect, Long-Term Memory, Episodic Memory
7 Dec 2011
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Nondeclarative / implicit: knowledge that can influence thought and behavior without any necessary involvement of conscious awareness. Mnemonic devices: active, strategic learning device or method; a rehearsal strategy. Method of loci: the to-be-remembered items are associated with a location; retrieval consists of a mental walk through of the locations. Peg word mnemonic: prememorized set of words serves as a sequence of mental pegs onto which the remembered words can be hung : one is bun, two is shoe . The three mnemonic principles (what it does to improve memory: provides a structure for learning information, helps form a durable and distinctive record of the material in memory, guides you through retrieval by providing effective cues. Only used himself as a subject in his study. Relearning task: learned, set aside for a period of time, and then relearned to the same.
