PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Recognition Memory, Long-Term Memory

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1X03
• Professor: Michelle Cadieux

Document Summary

Cognitive psychologists study how our mental processes make us sentient beings. Memory metaphors misleading simplify memory as perfectly stored and easily retrieved. Psychologists study how memory is acquired, encoded, stored, and retrieved. One memory can act as a cue to signal another memory into consciousness. Early work on memory noted how each memory cue is linked to the cue before it. Memory models involve an encoding phase, followed by a retrieval phase. The retrieval phase uses either a recall and recognition test for memory. Our ability to recall recently encoded information decreases rapidly over time. Recognition memory: confirming the validity of the answers. The multi-score model suggests that memory has a temporary and permanent storage. Short-term memory storage has a capacity of +7/-2 items. Organizing items into meaningful chunks expands the capacity of short-term memory. Memory models can be tested through psychology experiments. Rehearsal helps storing information from short-term memory to long-term memory.