PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Suggestibility, Tabula Rasa, Interference Theory

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

Document Summary

W11 psyc 100 cognitive psychology: memory learning objectives. In the first place : part of the method of loci- also called memory palace or memory walk: way of remembering a series or sequence of items by. Then establishing a walk or sequence through that location. Metaphors: metaphors for memory have always followed the technology of the day. Plato considered memory: like a wax tablet, blank at birth and upon which senses make impressions. Wilder penfield (montreal neurosurgeon) performed surgery on people with epilepsy and brain tumours. To remove diseased part of brain, often engage in intraoperative stimulation mapping stimulating the cortex of an awake patient and recording their response. Memories evoked by stimulation detailed and complete (e. g. voice far way cousin) Experiences very similar to lived experience, except patient knew they weren"t actually happening. Memory was like a tape recorder, recording all lived, attended.