PSY100Y5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Encoding Specificity Principle, Verbal Memory, Sensory Memory
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Textbook chapters 7, 8, 9 and lab test all 5. What is decay theory, interference theory, and retroactive. What is the difference between declarative and procedural. Memory is the process where we observe, store, and recall information. It is entirely subjective, dependent on our perception of the event. automatic. The conscious memory system is where you have to actively work to remember something, such as studying to remember material on a test. The automatic memory system is when something has been practiced so much that you do not need to be consciously remembering it to remember it, such as reading. Attention, sensory detection, recognition of meaning, response selection. It depends on the situation and the amount of threat detection. You encode things you pay attention to, because you recognize that that specific event has meaning. Spotlight analogy: the house lights are your unconscious attention; you are monitoring the environment without knowing that you are.
