PSY 654 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Memory Consolidation, Free Recall, Retrograde Amnesia
17 Jan 2016
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The process that transforms new memories into a state in which they are more resistant to disruption. A procedure for testing memory in which a participant is presented with cues, such as words or phrases, to aid recall of previously experienced stimuli. Processing that involves attention to meaning and relating an item to something else. Deep processing is usually associated with elaborative rehearsal. The idea that the processing that occurs as an item is being encoded into memory can be deep or shallow. Rehearsal that involves thinking about the meaning of an item to be remembered or making connections between the item and prior knowledge. The process of acquiring information and transferring it into memory. The principle that we learn information together with its context. This means that presence of the context can lead to enhanced memory for the information. A procedure for testing memory in which the participant is asked to remember stimuli that were previously presented.
