[Psychology 46-115] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (40 pages long!)
29 Nov 2016
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Vivid, long-lasting memories of surprising, important, or emotionally arousing events. The process by which we store and later retrieve information . Store exact replicas of stimuli from all senses. Storage file or memory stick or hdd. Retrieval get file from memory stick or harddrive. Focussing on information from sensory memory, transfers it to stm. Explains systematic recall errors (t for c), not (q for o) W/out rehearsal: less than 20 seconds, as little as 5. At its best, it can store an enormous amount of information, recalled with great accuracy. At its worst, it can be sadly inaccurate. E. g. draw the head sign of a penny. A picture: memory for pictures is better than memory for words (false syllable thing) Google search why did i go online? . Words learned on land are recalled on land better. Suppose you can speak both english and spanish. You then spend a considerable amount of time in mexico (forming memories)
