PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Autobiographical Memory, Eyewitness Memory, Childhood Amnesia

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Alexis Arbuthnott

Document Summary

Autobiographical memory: memory for important experiences or events that have happened to the individual (312) Strategic memory: processes involved as one consciously attempts to retain or retrieve information (312) Mnemonics (memory strategies): effortful techniques used to improve memory, including rehearsal, organization and elaboration (312) Infantile amnesia: lack of memory for the early (cid:455)ea(cid:396)s of o(cid:374)e"s life (cid:894)(cid:1007)(cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:895) Script: general representation of the typical sequencing of events (that is, what occurs and when) in some familiar context (314) Rehearsal: strategy for remembering that involves repeating the items one is trying to retain (320) Semantic organization: strategy for remembering that involves grouping or classifying stimuli into meaningful (or manageable) clusters that are easier to retain (321) Elaboration: strategy for remembering that involves adding something to (or creating meaningful links between) the bits of information we are trying to retain (321) Retrieval: class of strategies aimed at getting information out of the long-term store (322)