PSYC 100 Chapter 6: PSYC 100 Chapter 6

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Russell Day

Document Summary

Memory - ability to store & retrieve info over time. Encoding - process of transforming what we perceive, think, feel into enduring memory. Storage - process of maintaining info in memory over time. Retrieval - process of bringing to mind info previously encoded & stored. Memories - made by combining info we already have in brains w/ new info that comes in through senses. Memories - combination of old & new info. Nature of any particular memory depends as much on old info already in memories as new info coming in through senses. How we remember something depends on how we think about it at the time. Semantic judgments - thinking about meaning of words. Rhyme judgments - thinking about sound of words. Visual judgments - thinking about appearance of words. Semantic encoding - process of relating new info in meaningful way to knowledge already stored in memory.