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- 1968
- Method of explaining how we process and store memory
- still widely accepted model used today |
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| Sensory Register / Memory |
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- Not a cognitive Memory
- physiological in basis and disappears after a short time |
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- physiological memory is attended to
-Memory that may be rehearsed until learned
-Working/Active memory
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After multiple rehearsals, the short term ememory is passively stored into long term memory
- it sits there until retrieved
- PASSIVE / unconscious memory |
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| The first to study memory scientifically |
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| The hypothetical unit of storage for memory |
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- Iconic memory (visual objects)
- Sperling experimented with this
- see something, lose the memory in 1/2 second |
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- Echoic memory (sounds)
- Moray
- lasts 2 seconds |
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| Showed short term lasts 15 - 20 seconds using nonsense syllabus |
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| Method of grouping based on categories |
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| Grouping numbers together and remembering them as a single unit |
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| Types of Long Term Memory (3) |
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1. Episodic Memory
2. Flashbulb Memory
3. Semantic/ Factual Memory |
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- Autobiographical memory
- Memories for experiences in life
- stored chronologically |
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- Unusually vivid detailed memory
- accidents, love, injuries
- active amygdala and active hippocampus |
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Memory that is factual.
George Bush was the first president of the US |
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| - Proved semantic and episodic are stored differently |
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| Spreading Activation Model |
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- Links
- Activated node leads to all related links to be excited as well |
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| Procedural VS. Declarative Memory |
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Procedural = How to do a certain task
Declarative: Factual memory |
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| Differentiated between procedural and declarative memory |
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| Implicit vs. Explicit Memory |
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| Distinction in memory tasks |
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| Types of Explicit Memory (2) |
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1. Recall (fill in questions)
2. Recognition (multiple choice) |
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1. Word Completion: Filling in missing letters of an incomplete word
2. Repetition Priming: Use a word and them expect the person to bring up the word |
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| Levels of Processing Approach |
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| More deeply processed info is easier to recall |
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Studied three levels of processing conditions
- came up with three tasks |
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Remembering the orientation of letters or how the word actually looked.
(Was the word you just saw in capitals or lowercase letters?) |
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Remembering how the word sounded in terms of relations to other words
(What rhymes with the word you just saw?) |
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Deeper type of processing which requires actual understanding of a word in order to be able to use it properly
(Does this word fit into this sentence?) |
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| Repeating information to yourself until learnt (memorization) |
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| Deeper processing of information (understanding & application) |
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| Being able to link information to oneself creates the deepest processing effect as it is more important to you. |
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When given false clues and misdirection
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