PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: George Sperling, Kinesiology, Motor Learning
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Worried about whether or not we could study memory, an often avoided topic. Worries about being able to control for individual experience linked differences. Questions about how to explore processes involved. He knew he had to take absolute control over environment of subjects he was testing. He studied his own memory for decades. Got rid of nonsense syllables when he familiarized with them. To study how a normal person"s memory works. Focused on how we acquire and forget information. Number of nonsense syllables in the list. Length of time that passed before testing himself after learning. Length of time before he tested himself after just reading. Memory capacity number: could never remember more than about 7 items from any length of list. Led to what we call short-term memory. Showed us we can scientifically study memory. Gave us information on memory capacity and malleability of our minds.
