PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes -Free Recall, Gordon H. Bower, Navigational Instrument
1 Aug 2013
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Rehearsal promotes memory as long as it is of the right sorts: e. g. primacy effect shows that in some settings lots of rehearsal leads to memory formation. How many leaves are there: likewise, having something merely in your thoughts does not commit them to memory. What are the factors that affect whether something becomes stored in ltm: maintenance rehearsal (simply focusing on to-be-remembered material with little thought about how they are related) Repeating them over and over: elaboration. Thinking about things mean and relating them to things you already know. Encoding happens at time of arrival of things to be remembered but benefit of encoding is not apparent at the time of arrival. Encoding allows things to be retrieved later on. Arrival of to be remembered material is not dependent on encoding. Quality (not just quantity) of practice/rehearsal is important for memory encoding.
