Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Classical Conditioning, Retrograde Amnesia, Encoding Specificity Principle

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

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Echoic auditory (lasts longer: discuss the function, capacity, and duration of short-term (working) memory. Function: for temporary info storage and a workplace for retrieval and use (processing, coding, working on) of already known info. Capacity: limited, for info that is in consciousness at present moment +/- 7 meaningful. Maintenance keeps info in short-term memory (just repeating it over and over) Deeper processing: superficial (structural/perceptual) physical features phonetic coding (sound) Think about the meaning meaning (semantic memory for general knowledge) Deeper processing ;) = more likely to transfer to lt and remember: describe and give an example of each of the following mnemonic devices: _hierarchy memory is enhanced by association between concepts inc. understanding ex. _chunking combining individual terms into a larger unit of meaning ex. _visual imagery to remember love you picture a heart also described in method of loci. _method of loci remember your grocery list by walking into o-hall.