PSYC 101 Study Guide - Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Childhood Amnesia

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Bobby Fokidis

Document Summary

The ability to encode, store and retrieve perceived information from the outside world. 3 key functions of memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval. Memories are made by combining information we already have in our brains with new information that comes in through our senses. Long term retention is greatly enhanced by elaborative encoding: semantic judgments (think about meaning of words), rhyme judgments (think about sound of the words), and visual judgments (think about appearance of words) Elaborate encoding usually takes place in lower left part of frontal lobe and inner part of left temporal lobe. Participants who used semantic judgments had much better memory for words than ones who thought about visual and rhyme judgments. Visual image encoding: creates visual image, you relate incoming information to knowledge already in memory; ends up with two different mental place holders for the items-a visual and verbal one; activates visual processing regions in the occipital lobe.