PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Forgetting Curve, Working Memory
11 Oct 2018
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Memory: the fundamental cognitive mechanism that allows you to encode, store, and retrieve information. Retrieved data is identical to inputted inputted information. Herman ebbinghaus: memory is a serial learning task. (each memory cue is linked to the cue before) Memory models involve an encoding phase, followed by a retrieval phase. Recall test: a subject is asked to freely generate as many items as she can remember. Recognition test: a subject is shown several items and asked to judge whether each item is new meaning it was not previously presented, or. Forgetting curve: describes the rapidly decreasing rate of recall over time. Multistore model: assumes that memory is composed of both short and long- term storage systems. Recency effect: when you remember words that have been repeated less because they are more recent in your memory. Primacy effect: driven by rehearsing items into the long-term memory. Memory performance depends on the level at which items are encoded.
