PSYCH 240 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Echoic Memory, Short-Term Memory, Autobiographical Memory
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Sensory memory (iconic, echoic memory) getting information in very limited duration. Chapter 5, oct. 4th and 9th lectures, memory/executive functions. Encoding, storage, retrieval: encoding processes used to store information in memory. Retrieval processes used to get information back out of memory. Recall vs. recognition tasks: recall task: you have to generate an answer. In tot example, gave you definitions of obscure words, had to recall the word. Recognition task: don"t need to generate the answer. Free recall, serial recall, cued recall- free recall recall all the words you can from the list you saw previously. Serial recall recall the names of all previous presidents in the order they were elected. need to recall order as well as item names. Cued recall: give participants clue to trigger recall. Explicit vs. implicit memory tasks- explicit memory tasks involves conscious recollection can be recall or recognition. participant knows they are trying to retrieve information from their memory.
