PSYC 110 Lecture 2: Study Notes at UTK
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Memory illusion: a false but subjectively compelling memory. Three-memory model: span: how much information each system can hold, duration: how long that system can hold information. Sensory memory: brief storage of perceptual information before its passed to short- term memory. Iconic memory: visual sensory memory (1 sec: echoic memory: auditory sensory memory (5-10 sec) We lose information in stm through 2 processes: decay:fading over time, interference. Retroactive inhibition: retroactive interference: new information interferes with your retention of old information ex. Forgetting a new language because of a previous language: proactive interference: old information interferes with your acquisition of new information ex. Racquetball is difficult to play because of a previous knowledge of tennis. Stm span for most adults is 7 is +/- 2 (the magic number: can expand stm span by chunking, chunking= organizing information into meaningful groupings. Paired association task: being presented with the first word and asked to remember the second.
