PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Encoding Specificity Principle, Eidetic Memory, Alan Baddeley

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: John Logan

Document Summary

5 terms memory (and forgetting and forgetting oh, and forgetting) 1. the system that allows us to retain information and bring it to mind. (the persistence of learning over time. ) 3. the process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory. 5. the process of retaining information in memory. memory retrieval. The process of accessing and bringing into consciousness information stored in memory. retrieval cues. Cues associated with the original learning that facilitate the retrieval of memories. encoding specificity principle. The belief that retrieval will be more successful when cues available during recall are similar to those present when the material was first committed to memory. context-dependent memory effect. The tendency for information to be better recalled in the same context in which it was originally learned. Demonstrated the context-dependent effect by testing the recall of two groups of swim club members on the beach and submerged in water. state-dependent memory effect.