PSYCH 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Flashbulb Memory, Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory
2 Mar 2017
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Explicit memories the facts and experiences we can consciously know and declare. Implicit memories retention of learned skills without recollection. Without conscious effort you also automatically process information about space, time and frequency. Short term memory what we can briefly attain. We can store about 7 pieces of in here give or take 2. (5-9) Short term memory is also called working memory. We retain information better when our encoding is distributed over time. Deep processing encodes based on the meaning of words. Deeper processing yields a much better memory than did the shallower processing. Damage to the hippocampus disrupts recall of explicit memories. Flashbulb memory the perceived clarity of memories of surprising significant events. Priming the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory. Mood-congruent memory the tenden(cid:272)(cid:455) to re(cid:272)all e(cid:454)perien(cid:272)es that are (cid:272)onsistent with one"s current good or bad mood. Anterograde amnesia can recall past but cannot form new memories.
