PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Cognitive Interview, Hypnosis, Sensory System

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jens Pruessner

Document Summary

Memory: system or process by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use. Memory for learned material is best right after the learning session. As time passes forget more and more. Distributed practice: better to distribute learning trials across a period of time rather than to mass them in a single block of learning. Recognition and relearning: recognition test: test in which retention is measured by the ability to pick out previously learned items from a list that also contains unfamiliar items, e. g. Storage: second stage of memory process; in it, information is placed in the memory system. May involve either brief/long-term storage of memories. At least 3 well-define types of memory: sensory, short-term, and long-term. Information processing model must be modified to: encoding type of storage retrieval. Sensory memory: sensory memory: very brief (0. 5 1 seconds for visual stimuli and 2-3 seconds for auditory stimuli) but extensive memory for sensory events, e. g.