PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Spreading Activation, Parahippocampal Gyrus, Eyewitness Memory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Harvey Marmurek

Document Summary

Learning as preparation for retrieval: can try to recall the information or to recognize it, variety of cues may or may not be available. Connections serve as retrieval paths: moving from one memory to the next until you reach the target material, have a starting point and an ending point. The memory network: memory is a vast network of ideas, nodes an individual unit within an associative network. Using local representation nodes represent single ideas or concepts. Spreading activation: node becoming activated when it has received a strong enough input signal, activation level a measure of the current status for a node or detector. As each node becomes activated, it serves as a source for further activation, spreading onward through the network. Retrieval cues: weak connection will do a poor job of carrying the activation, wo(cid:374)"t rea(cid:272)h threshold a(cid:374)d (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:862)fou(cid:374)d(cid:863)