PSYC 213 Chapter 5: PSYC 213 - Chapter 5 Notes
5 May 2016
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Schema: what we expect to find as we explore the world. Mystic writing pad model: freud"s suggestion that memory is like a toy writing tablet that retains fragments of old messages even after they have been erased . In time, the fragments overlap so that they become increasingly difficult to read. That way perception of an event is transitory, but analogy is imperfect schemas can be quite organized. Reappearance hypothesis: the hypothesis that the same memory can reappear, unchanged, again and again. Flashbulb memories: vivid, detailed memories of significant events. Participants asked to recall circumstances of learning about jfk"s assassination. Used free recall to remember the event, how they felt at the event, and estimate how much they talked about it. The more consequential they felt at the event, the more often they talked about it. Theory: the theory that especially significant experiences are immediately photocopied and preserved in long-term memory.
