PSYCO258 Chapter Notes -Memory Consolidation, Endel Tulving, Gordon H. Bower
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Encoding: the process of acquiring information and transferring it into memory. Two ways of encoding encoding can influence the ability to retrieve the info. :rehearsal that involves repetition w/o consideration of meaning or making connections. Results in poor memory due to little or no encoding maintains info but doesn"t transfer it to ltm. :rehearsal that involves thinking about the meaning, or making connections using prior knowledge. Results in better memory due to more encoding helps to transfer into ltm. :idea that memory depends on how information is encoded depending on the depth of processing that an item receives. :the idea that processing that occurs is being encoded into memory can be deep or shallow. Shallow processing involves repetition with little attention associated with maintenance rehearsal poor memory focus on physical features. Deep processing involves attention to meaning association of meaning, connections, relationships associated with elaborative rehearsal better memory. Deep processing - fill in the blanks question.
