PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Coding Theory, Roygbiv, Echoic Memory

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Claire Scavuzzo

Document Summary

Chapter 7: memory (constructing and reconstructing our pasts) Semantic name the largest mountain in aust. Encoding (like a keyboard) storage (like a disk) retrieval (like a monitor) Oversimplification memories never identical to encoding. Memories shaped by hunches, expectations and cultural background. Unlikely that everything we have learned is stored in the mind. Likely each sense has own sensory memory. 2) flashed letters followed by tone to tell them which row to attend to. Conclusions; they had access to all 12 letters. Retained it only long enough to read off a couple letters. Unable to recall all letters because memory fades too quickly. Working memory is not short term memory! Count backwards by 7 in retention interval. Read the following rows of numbers 1 at a time at a rate of 1 per second. Retain 7 +/- 2 pieces of information in stm. Organize material into meaningful groupings reduce number of items needed to be remembered.