PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Implicit Memory, Explicit Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Learning outcomes: define the three general steps to processing data for memory (encoding, storage, and retrieval) Explain the effects of different levels of processing. Describe some ways in which long-term memory can be improved through chunking mnemonics. Effects of different levels of processing: maintenance rehearsal: repeating information over and over keeps it in. Stm but not necessarily ltm; shallow processing : elaborative rehearsal: Ways in which long-term memory can be improved through chunking mnemonics: mnemonics: special strategy consciously employed to improve memory by making the information more elaborative, explain the different ways in which memories are stored. Explain the difference between sensory memory, short-term (or working) memory, and long-term memory. Describe the cause of the serial position effect in the working memory (primacy, recency and interference) Explain the distinction between explicit and implicit memory. Describe two types of implicit memory: procedural and priming. Describe two types of explicit memory: semantic and episodic. Describe the role of the hippocampus in memory.