PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.2: Encoding Specificity Principle, Scuba Diving, Prefrontal Cortex
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Encoding and retrieval encoding: the process of transforming sensory and perceptual information into memory traces retrieval: accessing memorized information and turning them into stm storage: the time and manner in which information is retained between encoding and retrieval. Not the most effective ways to remember! Conclusion: longer rehearsal did not lead to better recall. It is how we rehearsed, not how long that determined the effectiveness. Maintenance rehearsal: prolonging exposure to information by repeating it. Elaborative rehearsal: prolonging exposure to information by thinking about its meaning. Different encoding can provide different levels of recall. Levels of processing (lop) by u of t researchers. Our ability to recall information is most directly related to how information was originally processed. (limited to ltm. Stm is not affected by how we process it. ) Shallow processing: superficial stimulus such as a sound or a word. Deep processing: related to an item"s meaning or its function.
