PSY 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Interference Theory, Semantic Network, Decay Theory

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Shannon Houck

Document Summary

Memory: encoding: forming a memory code, storage: maintaining encoded information in memory over time, retrieval: recovering information from memory stores. The role of attention: attention: focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. Enriching encoding: elaboration: linking of a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding, visual imagery. Dual-coding theory: memory is enhanced by forming both semantic and visual codes since either can lead to recall: motivation to remember. Sensory memory: preserves information in its original sensory form for a brief time, usually only a fraction of a second. Short-term memory: limited capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information for up to 20 seconds: rehearsal: process of repetitively verbalizing or thinking about information, chunking: grouping of familiar stimuli stored as a single unit. Long-term memory: an unlimited capacity store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time: flashbulb memories: unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events.