PSYCH101 Final: Memory; Exam Study Tips This is the alternative outline (the one on the overhead not the one posted on UW-ACE), as provided by Dr. Ennis, with my own annotations.
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Sensation and perception across time: memory can be thought of as sensation and perception across time. Background noise is not retrievable in the future. Internal and external triggers: see sensory register overhead, internal triggers are things we are motivated (or aroused from, external triggers are things in our environment which demand our, this information is registered and transferred to short-term attention memory. X nbc phd sat cbs x: this reduces 14 bits of information into 5 bits of information (x at beginning and the end, long-term memory does the chunking, often chunking is done automatically, ex. Chess masters can remember positions of figures on the chess board, professional hockey players can remember positions of players on the ice. Arousal and attention: make sure you are awake, pump yourself up, do not pull all-nighters. Performance standards and positive reinforcement: spend time not time.