PSYC 2650 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Recognition Memory, Free Recall, Speaker Types

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Harvey Marmurek

Document Summary

Process of locaing info in memory and using it. Storage memory, once acquired, remains unil it is retrieved; dynamic because older memories are integrated (or replaced) by newer knowledge. Acquisiion process of placing new info into long-term memory. Modal model working memory serves as storage site for material and loading plaform for long-term memory; in working memory, material can be further processed. Free recall method of accessing memory (ie. Give me a list of the things you saw yesterday) Serial posiion data patern where you recall the order in which test materials were. Presented; recall irst-presented & last-presented items easier because . Recency efect remember material that occur late (or last) in a series because they"re sill. Primary efect remembering early-presented materials because we focus more. Memory rehearsal mental acivity that has the efect of maintaining info in working memory. Elaboraive rehearsal remember material where person understands what it means then. Relates it to other things (ie. surroundings, prior knowledge)