PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.2: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Bromine, September 11 Attacks
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How we encode information affects the chances of us remembering that particular information later on. Storage the time and way in which information is retained between encoding and retrieval. Re(cid:272)iti(cid:374)g i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) o(cid:448)er a(cid:374)d o(cid:448)er to re(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:449)rite do(cid:449)(cid:374) instantaneously. Known as rehearsal or learning by rote. Reading something over and over to memorize not the most effective way of remembering. Limited effect on long-term-memory particularly: experiment in the 70s. Participants were asked to remember a 4 digit number. After seeing the number, they were asked to repeat a single word until they were asked to say the number. Varying delay period between the presentation of the number and the parti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)ts" respo(cid:374)ses (cid:894)2-18 second) Varying delay period varying number of times the word was repeated. The point of having the word repeated: distraction & trying to see if the person can remember the word regardless of the number of times he/she rehearses the word.
