PSYCO104 Study Guide - Final Guide: Anterograde Amnesia, Encoding Specificity Principle, Interference Theory

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Claire Scavuzzo

Document Summary

They are often distorted or we recall non-real events. Stm capacity is how much can be retained. Chunking is organizing materials into meaningful groups, so that a fewer number needs to be memorized. Stm duration is how long information can be retained. Rehearsal extends the duration of time items remain in stm. Maintenance rehearsals repeat original stimuli that will likely be forgotten if rehearsal is interrupted. Elaborative rehearsal elaborates on the stimuli by linking them in meaningful ways (ex. good study habits). Each sense likely has its own sensory memory. Short term memory constructs perceptual memory into meaningful information. Long term memory is enduring information storage (life learned facts experiences, skills). Schemas are organized knowledge structures or mental models that we have stored in memory. If information is not encoded, it will not be recorded. The deeper we process, the more likely we are to encode it.