PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes -Processing Fluency, Forgetting Curve, Hermann Ebbinghaus
5 Dec 2014
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Each of these assume memory can be stored in their original undistorted form and that it is as easy as accessing previously stored items that have been kept in a box. One memory acts as a cue to another memory. Psychologists rely on cognitive models to understand a complex cognitive function like memory. Models describe and organize data and most importantly, make specific testable predictions that can be studies in the lab. During the encoding phase, a subject learns a list of items words, or pictures. People who are instructed to memorize the list will do better than those who are distracted. Over time, more and more words will be forgotten. Forgetting curve , which describes this increasing rate of memory failure over time. Memory is composed of both short and long-term storage systems. Incoming perceptual information is first stored in a short-term memory buffer (similar to ram on a computer), not stored permanently.
