PSYC 3330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Aviation Safety Reporting System, Retrospective Memory, Prospective Memory
15 Apr 2016
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Retrospecive memory involves remembering past events, words, etc. from the past typically when trying to do so: ex: trying to remember what you studied when wriing a test. Diferent from prospecive memory: involves remembering to carry out intended acions without being reminded: ex: remembering to meet a friend at a cofee shop. Freud: forgeing appointments due to an unavowed contempt for other people: two types of prospecive memory. Why is prospective memory important: acion needs to be performed at the appropriate ime to complete a goal. Ex: dropping of a child at day care before work, puing food away before it goes bad. Flying a plane: forgeing one thing can cause accidents. 50% in us and uk do not adhere to recommended schedule: woods et al. (2009): hiv/aids paients completed a laboratory task on prospecive memory. Paients who made errors were 6x more likely to be non-adherent in their.
