PSY 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fortean Times, Retrograde Amnesia, Iconic Memory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Elizabeth Campbell

Document Summary

Source amnesia, along with the misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories. d j vu that eerie sense that i"ve experienced this before. cues from the current situation may subcon- sciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. Retrieval questions: what two new concepts update the classic atkinson-shiffrin three-stage information- processing model, answer: (1) we form some memories (implicit memories) through automatic processing, without our awareness. The atkinson-shiffrin model focused only on conscious, explicit memories. (2) the newer concept of a working memory emphasizes the active processing that we now know takes place in atkinson- Which level leads to greater retention: answer: making material personally meaningful involves processing at a deep level, because you are processing semantically based on the meaning of the words. He can remember how to tie his shoes but has a hard time remembering anything told him during a conversation.