Transcript Memory
Memory Three Kinds of Memory • Episodic – Specific event – flashbulb • Semantic • Explicit • Implicit Three Processes of Memory • Encoding – Visual – Acoustic – Semantic • Storage – Maintenance Rehearsal – Elaborative Rehearsal – Organizational Systems • Retrieval – Context dependent memory – State dependent memory – On the tip of your tongue Three Stages of Memory • Sensory • Short term memory • Long term memory Sensory Memory • Iconic • Eidetic imagery • Echoic memory Short-Term Memory Short-term Memorymemory system that retains information for a few seconds to a few minutes. Long-term Memory • Long-term Memorymemory system that retains information for hours, days, weeks, months or decades Transition from STM to LTM • • • • Primacy Effect Recency effect Chunking interference ABCCBSAAAMTVUSANBCCNN ABC CBS AAA MTV USA NBC CNN View of Memory • As reconstruction • Schemas Capacity and Limits to your memory • How much can it hold? • How long do we remember it? Basic Memory Tasks • Recognition • Recall • relearning Forgetting • Why do we forget? • Decay • Repression Amnesia Amnesia- the blocking of older memories and the loss of new ones -Getting hit on the head -Electric Shock - Major Trauma Explaining Amnesia Explanations for Amnesia1. Hit on the head could temporarily stop blood flow 2. Hit on the head could mix up brain’s electrical charges Types of Amnesia • Amnesia – Retrograde – Anterograde • transient global amnesia – Infantile Improving Memory • • • • Drill and Practice Relate to existing Knowledge Form Unusual associations Mnemonic devices