PSY 120- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 40 pages long!)
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Memory: 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. Memories are made by combining information we already have in our brains with new information that comes in through our senses. In this way, memory is like like cooking; staring out from a recipe but improvising formation, mix, shake, bake, and out pops a memory. Memories are constructed not recorded, and encoding is the process by which we transform what we perceive, think, or feel into enduring memory. Requires the participants to think about the meaning of words (e. g. is a hat a type of clothing?) Required the participants to think about the sound of words (e. g. does hat rhyme with cat?)
