PSYCH 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Semantic Memory, Endel Tulving, Episodic Memory
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Psych 7a - lecture 12 - memory (cont. ) Our capacity for relatively-permanent, long-term memories is virtually limitless in capacity and (potentially) in duration. Most information becomes encoded in long-term memory through attention and effortful, active processing. The most common way that we actively process information is through rehearsal. The conscious repetition of information in short-term memory. The more we rehearse information held in short-term memory, the more likely it will become encoded in long-term memory. Occurs when learning a list of items. Immediately after learning the list, you remember the first and last items better than the middle items. After a delay, your recall is best for the first items in the list (the increased recall of the last item goes away!) Rehearsal plays a role in why we have an increase memory for the first few items. We can encode different aspects of a stimulus: We can encode the meaning of that stimulus.
