PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Explicit Memory, Encoding Specificity Principle, Implicit Memory
24 Dec 2015
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Memory for surrounding events decline, also for the event itself (if it is a violent event, the attacker is actually less well remembered, but the weapon is remembered well) Context reinstatement or encoding specificity: the what am i doing here again? phenomenon; not recognizing someone in different context; smells and/or sounds bringing back old memories. Also works for internal states, such as memory recall using or not using marijuana (recall was greater when using marijuana to memorize and then using marijuana when trying to recall) Mood congruency- current mood affects what you remember: when you"re happy to recall happier memories, and when you"re sad, then you recall more depressing thoughts (which leads depressed people in a loop) Cryptomnesia is when you recall something from the past that you learned/remembered but don"t know where; cold play vs. joe satriani. Explicit memory: recall, recognition: participant is aware of a particular learning episode that should be recalled.
