PSYC 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Robert A. Bjork, Tropaeolum Tuberosum, Information Retrieval

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Chris Fiacconi

Document Summary

This weeks" readings: read chapter 1 and first online reading. Learning how to learn: insights from studies of human memory. Successful learning requires optimization of all 3 stages: Early research by ebbinghaus on repetition effects found that the number of repetitions of the list on the first day has a dramatic affect on the time needed to re-learn it (ie. , savings) after a 24 hour delay. Spacers out perform the crammers or massers", even when they study for the exact same amount of time, because they review the info over time, instead of all at once. 1 group threw bags from 20 feet or 4 feet away. The other group threw from 3 feet away. They were then tested the next day; all throwing from 3 feet away. The group who had never thrown from 3 feet actually did better because variability can actually enhance learning.