PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 23: Echoic Memory, Iconic Memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Yen

Document Summary

Memory is learning that has persisted over time, information that has been stored and can be retrieved. To a psychologist, evidence that learning persists takes three forms: awareness but that was learned at an earlier time. A fill in the blank question tests your recall: recall retrieving information that is not currently in your conscious, recognition identifying items previously learned. Research on memory"s extremes has helped us understand how memory time. Recall, recognition, and relearning speed are three ways that psychologists measure retention of memories. Our recognition memory is impressively quick and vast. Our speed at relearning also reveals memory: german philosopher hermann ebbinghaus (1850-1909) showed this more than a century ago in his learning experiments, using nonsense syllables. He randomly selected a sample of syllables, practiced them, and tested himself. Jih, baz, fub, yox, suj, xir, dax, leq, Vum, pid, kel, wav, tuv, zof, gek, hiw.