PSYC 3404 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Salad, Implicit Memory, Explicit Memory
30 Oct 2017
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Memory is the retention of information over time. Helps humans creative a narrative over their lives. Retrieval - need to take out information from memory for some use or application. People can construct their own memories at any process of memory. Memory : time frames (7 + - 2) Short-term memory - retention of information for up to 15-30 seconds without rehearsal. Long-term memory - relatively permanent and unlimited type of memory. As you go down, you get a deeper encoding. Repeating a number you got over the phone. Putting garden salad" for your grocery list. Grocery store shopping think of items in your mind. Elaboration: engaging in more extensive processing of information. Engaging your child with an elaborate event. (ie. typing on a keyboard, dressing yourself in the morning, brushing your teeth, driving, riding a bike) Old people who struggle with this shows a decline in cognitive ability.
