PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Coarticulation, 18 Months, Written Language

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Caroline F Pukall

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[cognitive psychology i: retrieval: explain how memories are retrieved. Retrieval allows us to access memory that we need. The key to retrieval in long-term memory appears to lie in the organization of memories. Retrieval cue: contextual variable (physical object or stimulus) that improves the ability to recall information from memory. The encoding specificity principle points out that effective retrieval cues are closely linked to how information was initially encoded. Context-dependent memory: recall information better if your state or physical environment at the time of recall matches as closely as possible to your state at the time of encoding. Recall: memory operation without the use of hints or cues; bringing something to mind, remembering it. Recognition: identification of presented information or stimuli, objects or people as having been previously perceived or known. The inability to retrieve information that you know you have stored is called (cid:281)blocking(cid:282)