PSY 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mnemonic, Karl Lashley, Preference Test

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 102
• Professor: danica Kelly

Document Summary

The persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information. Case studies people with memory failures and people that have remarkable memory are a rich source of information. Infantile autism kim pee , iq 87. Rajan mahadevan pi numbers , a. j. Memory illusion: a false but subjectively compelling memory. Observer memory: we see ourselves as an outsider observer would. Field memory: seeing the world through your visual field. A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event: e. g. , diana"s death, 9/11, big life events. 3 processes: write to file (encode) save to disk (store) o read from disk (retrieve) o. The three systems of memory (atkinson & shiffrin: sensory memory: the immediate, initial recording of sensory information in the memory system. Tied closely with raw experiences, perceptions of the world. Ability to hold on to info we"re currently thinking about: short-term/working memory: memory system that retains info for limited durations.