PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Episodic Memory, Childhood Amnesia, Memory Consolidation

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Michael Inzlicht

Document Summary

Schemas o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izes (cid:272)luste(cid:396)s of (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)ies that (cid:373)ake up o(cid:374)e"s k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge a(cid:271)out e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts, objects, and ideas. They can be used to explain memory, as well as the way we perceive, remember, & think about people & situations. Schema = ready-made structures allow us to process new info more quickly (mental shortcut) Gender schemas (the notion of women as stay-at-home-mothers doing chores: schema-consistent, can interfere with remembering something well, shows that our schemas are not always accurate. Schemas are involved in all three stages of memory. Constructive memory - the act of remembering something through recalling a framework (schema) and then adding specific details: o(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es adds details to the (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)y of a(cid:374) e(cid:448)e(cid:374)t that did(cid:374)"t (cid:396)eally o(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396) If the new information = unusual, then recalling it = easy. If the new information = not that unusual, recalling it = difficult (likely to be forgotten) If the new information = not interesting, then recalling it = difficult (likely to be forgotten)