PSYC 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Dont, Sleep Study, Memory Consolidation
20 Nov 2018
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Chapter 7: long-term memory: encoding, retrieval, and consolidation. 7. 1 encoding: getting information into ltm: recall that. Encoding: the process of acquiring information and transferring it into memory. Retrieval: the process of remembering information that has been stored in long-term memory: rehearsal. Maintenance rehearsal: rehearsal that involves repetition without any consideration of meaning or making connections to other information. Holding a phone number in your memory by repeating it over and over. Results in poor memory, i. e. can"t remember the number later on when you want to call it again. Elaborative rehearsal: rehearsal that involves thinking about the meaning of an item to be remembered or making connections between that item and prior knowledge. Connecting the info to something meaningful to remember. The first 3 digits are the same as yours, and the last 4 happened to be the year you were born. Results in better memory: levels of processing theory.
