PSY270H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Temporal Lobe, Episodic Memory, Endel Tulving
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Encoding: the process of acquiring information and transferring it into ltm: coding = form in which information is represented, encoding = process used to get information into the ltm. Retrieval: process of transferring information from ltm to working memory: main factor in determining retrieval from ltm= the way information was encoded when you learned it. Research showing that encoding influences retrieval: placing words to be remembered in complex sentences, forming visual images based on words, forming links between words and personal characteristics, generating information, organizing information, testing. Retrieval: getting information out of memory: most of our failures of memory are failures of retrieval. Retrieval cues: words or other stimuli that help us remember information stored in out memory. Encoding specificity: we encode information along its context: diving experiment best recall occurred during encoding and retrieval occurred in the same location, noise condition during testing did better on test when condition matched the study condition.
