PSYCH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.4: Underwater Diving
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Retrieval cue - anything that helps us access a memory: context-dependent memory. Ex: two groups of divers, on land and underwater. Land divers recalled words better on land than when they went underwater. Underwater divers recalled words they learned underwater better than: state-dependent memory when on land. Like context-dependent memory, sdm regards internal cues like moods being encoded with a memory. When internal states are the same during both encoding and retrieval, the situation can provide a retrieval cue that enhances access to a memory. They store it somewhere safe when drinking but can"t remember the places when they are sober. When they drink again, they may remember where they put the objects: mnemonics - learning aids/strategies that use retrieval cues to improve access to memory. Method of loci - associating items you want to remember with physical locations. Forgetting - inability to access memory from long-term storage: two types of interference:
