PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Retrograde Amnesia, Dental Drill, Prospective Memory
15 Apr 2016
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The changes in the structures that account for this capacity, reconstructive processes. For example forming a memory code for a word, you might emphasize how it looks/sounds or what it means. It usually requires attention and is analogous to entering data using a computer keyboard. Storage: involves maintaining encoded information in memory over time. It is analogous to saving data in a file on your computer. Analogous to calling up a file and then displaying it on your computer monitor. Attention filter : focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. You generally need to screen out most potential stimulation around you in order to pay attention to information if you intend on remembering it (reading a book, conversing with a friend or carrying on a coherent train of thought). Proposes that deeper levels of processing result in longer-lasting memory codes (craik & tulving, 1975) Is the word written in capital the physical structure of the letters? stimulus.
