PSYC 1010 Midterm: PSYC TEST 3 NOTES.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Jennifer Steeves

Document Summary

Describe: encoding: it involves forming a memory code (getting the information in). for example, if you form a memory for a word, you would emphasize on how it looks, sounds, or means. The next in line effect is when you don"t remember something that has been mentioned or presented to you because you were pre-occupied with something else. Because they are too busy thinking about what they are going to say when they perform their speech. The next in line effect illustrates that active encoding is a crucial process in memory. To remember info, you must pay attention to whatever it is you"re trying to remember. An example would be if you sit through a lecture without paying attention to the prof. you"ll most likely not remember anything he/she was talking about. Attention: it is the act of focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events.