PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anterograde Amnesia, Frontal Lobe, Retrograde Amnesia

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Russell Day

Document Summary

The ability to store and retrieve information over time. Encoding: the process of transforming what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory. Storage: the process of maintaining information in memory over time. Retrieval: the process of bringing to mind information that has been previously encoded and stored. Memory is not a recording device that makes exact copies of information that comes in by our senses. Memories are made by combining information we already have with new sensory information. Memories are constructed and not recorded, and encoding is the process by which we transform what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory. Process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in memory. Memories are a combination of old and new information. The nature of any memory depends on the old information as it does on the new information. Semantic encoding enhances long-term retention better than any other processing method.