PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Phantom Limb, Body Schema, Cotton Swab
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Week 5 october 21 st , 2015. Schema: helps us organize the information we receive. Schema-based theories of memory: mystic writing pad model: model of memory based on a toy writing tablet that retains fragments of old messages even after they"ve been erased. In time these fragments accumulate and begin to overlap, so that they become increasingly hard to read. Analogy helps distinguish between a memory schema and a memory trace: reappearance hypothesis: the hypothesis that the same memory can reappear unchanged, again and again. If we don"t have stored copies of finished mental events then memory must be schematic, relying on fragments to support a new construction. Flashbulb memories: vivid, detailed memories of significant events: brown and kulik proposed five stages: Tell and retell accounts to other people: now print! Theory: especially significant experiences are immediately photocopied and preserved in long-term memory.
