memory psych

the process by which information is encoded, stored and retrieved

the conscious, intentional recollection of previous experiences and information ex remember phone number, address etc Effortful

memory in there due to doing over and over again-flip a switch when walking into room

encoding, storage& retrieval

how we take information in so that it can be recalled later using explicit memory

with explicit memory- how we store information so we can recall it later

how we retrieve information we have stored previously

short term, sensory and long term

brief lasts less than 1 second

reports 3 or 4, then tone used to tell subject which row to recite, typically they could recall almost all items in row regardless of row-tells us You’re encoding more info than u realize but it leaves the memory store faster than it can be retrieved

lasts approx 18 seconds-holding small amount of information in an active readily available state

7+/-2

have to report back digist/ letters forward

acive maintenance of / manipulation of info in short term storage ex give letters/ digits have to put digits in ascending then letters in alphabetical order

student give phone number but had to count back from 100 by 7 before repeateing phone number-couldn’t

chuncking

capapacity for holding info for long period of time

structural phoenetic and semantic-semantic best

recall and recognition-easier to recognize

memory performance depends on the process at encoding matching the process at retrieval- better match=better remember, rhyming lead to better memory on rhyming test aka how teach self

the more similar context at retrieval is to context at encoding, the better memory will be-study on land=test better in land vs water aka environment used

collection of past personal

network of associated facts and concepts