PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Overlearning, Cognitive Psychology, Psych

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 001
• Professor: elizabeth

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The way you encode information has an effect on how much you can remember it. If she precedes a word with a write down the number of syllables (shallow processing) If she precedes a word with b judge the pleasantness, write p or u (deep processing) When you judge a word, we associate this with a deeper level of process. You are thinking about the meaning and relating it to yourself. The deeper the processing is, the better your memory will be. The deeper the level of analysis the better your memory. Very shallow, simply repeating something over and over. Not ideal for transferring information to long-term memory. When you encode information in a new form. Ex. create a new examples, relate information to yourself. Elaborative rehearsal: think about and relate information in a new way. Take notes while reading in your own words, relate material to your own life, make up your own examples,