PSYCH 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Henry Molaison, Suggestibility, Implicit Memory
15 Sep 2016
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Memory is the nervous system"s capacity to acquire and retain usable skills and knowledge! 7. 2 how does attention determine what we remember? attention is an important part of your ability to function in everyday life! Our visual attention works selectively and serially! parallel processing: processing multiple types of information at the same time! targets and distractors! Our auditory attention allows us to listen selectively! cocktail party phenomenon! shadowing = we can attend to things said in one ear and ignore what is said in the other! 7. 4 how is information organized in long-term memory? mental representations are stored by meaning! Long-term storage is based on meaning! elaborate rehearsal is the storing of information in meaningful ways, rather than just rehearsing it! Schemas provide an organizational framework! schemas: cognitive structures that help us perceive, organize, process, and use information ! they help us make sense of the world, but can led to biased encoding!
