PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Richard Shiffrin, Alan Baddeley, Hermann Ebbinghaus
6 Aug 2012
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Textbook: psychology tenth edition in modules authored by david g. myers. Memory is learning that has persisted over time, information that has been stored and can be retrieved. To a psychologist, evidence that learning persists takes three forms: recall retrieving information that is not currently in your conscious awareness but that was learned at an earlier time. A fill-in-the-blank question tests your recall: recognition identifying items previously learned. A multiple-choice question tests your recognition: relearning learning something more quickly when you learn it a second or later time. When you study for a final exam or engage a language used in early childhood, you will relearn the material more easily than you did initially. Recall, recognition, and relearning speed are three ways that psychologists measure retention of memories. Tests of recognition and of time spent relearning demonstrate that we remember more than we can recall.
