PSYCO258 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Eidetic Memory, Lexical Decision Task, Stimulus Modality

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO258
• Professor: Blaine Mullins

Document Summary

Time space: people can imagine a virtual calendar in front of them (outside their body) Number forms: automatically generate images of number in spatial layout in front of them (occurs when you think about a number) Mental imagery: internal representation that produces a perceptual experience without sensory input (ex. visual imagery) can scan, zoom, rotate and compose. Imagery: easiness by which a word can elicit a mental image. Concreteness: degree to which a word refers to something that can be experienced by the sense (ex. heard, felt, smelled) More concrete = greater degree of image. Allows you to create mental models to represent situations. Allows you to navigate (plan which path you"re going to take) Learn by watching (ex. imagine yourself doing something by mentally rehearsing it) Improves health (ex. meditating and picturing yourself in a different location) Mnemonic techniques: used to aid memory (ex. imagery) Method of loci: relate places/locations to images or objects (yates)