PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anterograde Amnesia, Defence Mechanisms, Suggestibility
24 Aug 2016
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Retention of information overtime (sensory, short/long term) Surprisingly good in most situations (directions), bad in other (names: paradox of memory . Same mechanisms servings well most of the time can fail in certain situations. We remember huge amounts of information: eg. Picture presented for only a few seconds: eg. Some people have exceptional memory: exceptional memory kim peeka rain man, rajan memorized pi. Remembering words not a list memory illusion . Brains go beyond available information to make sense of the world: eg. Generally adaptive, but makes use prone tone error. When remembering, we actively reconstruct, memories, not passively reproduce them. Seeing yourself in memory from distance (observer) Seeing memory through your own eyes (field) Sensory: raw data from sense organs that make up perceptions of the world. Short-term: transforms sensory inputs into meaningful information. Long-term: relationship of important information from minutes years lifetime. Differ in terms of span and duration.
