PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Semantic Network, Sketchpad, Afterimage

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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T(cid:455)pes : structural (shallow): physical structure of stimulus. Capital letters memory of certain physical attributes: phonemic (intermediate): sound of stimulus (similarity) Naming/saying words rhymes: semantic (deep): meaning of verbal input. E(cid:374)ri(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g e(cid:374)(cid:272)odi(cid:374)g : dual-coding theory: visual cues increases memory, self-referent encoding: own examples of info better organization of memory. Attention: focused awareness on stimuli/events: cocktail-party phenomena: attention late selection based on meaning of input. Loaded tasks takes a lot of attentional capacity = early selection. Smaller tasks (+) attentional capacity left over (distraction) = later selection. Sensory memory: fraction of a second: perceive afterimage of stimulus, auditory memory >1 second. Sperli(cid:374)g(cid:859)s (cid:1005)96(cid:1004) study (cid:894)letters flashi(cid:374)g + (cid:894)+(cid:895) ti(cid:373)e delay(cid:895) Prospective memory: remember to perform actions in the future (walk the dog) Retrospective memory: remember past events/previously learned info. Short-term memory (stm): limited capacity (7 +/-2 digits) 20-30 sec (unrehearsed: working memory: limited capacity temporarily maintains/stores info by providing an interface btwn perception, memory and action.