PSYC 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Long-Term Memory, Basal Ganglia, Implicit Memory
27 Oct 2016
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Memory: learning that persists over time, info that has been acquired and stored and can be retrieved. Other animals (besides humans) can recognize faces also. Measuring retention: recall: retrieving info that is not currently in your conscious awareness but was learned at an earlier time. If you can recall info your retention of material is better than recognition: recognition: identifying items previously learned. Multiple choice test: relearning: learning something more quickly when you learned it a 2nd or later time. Hermann ebbinghaus speed at relearning also reveals memory. List of syllables to recite took less time to relearn them on day 2 if he recited them more frequently on day 1. Additional rehearsal (overlearning) of verbal info increases retention. Study for a final exam/ engage in language used in early childhood. Memory models: to remember any event we must encode, store and retrieve. Retrieve: later get that info back out: brain has info-processing model similar to computers.
