PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.2: Mnemonic, Recognition Memory, Temporal Lobe
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Not the how long we rehearse but how we rehearse. Maintenance rehearsal: prolonging exposure to information by repeating it: not the most effective way to remember. Longer rehearsal did not lead to better recall: repeating information only has a small benefit, and isn"t increased with longer rehearsals. Elaborative rehearsal: prolonging exposure to information by thinking about its meaning: significantly improves process of encoding. Improves long-term learning and remembering: additional sensory or semantic information is associated, levels of processing. Not all elaborative encoding is created equal. Shallow processing: superficial properties of a stimulus (ex: sound or spelling of a word) Effects limited to ltm; stm memory rates are unaffected: retrieval. Recognition: identifying stimulus or piece of information when it"s presented to you (ex: multiple-choice questions) Recall: retrieving information when asked, but without that information being present during the retrieval process (ex: short-answer questions: retrieval cues substantially help prompt our memory.
