PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sensory Memory, Episodic Memory, Working Memory
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What happens during each: encoding: forming a memory code, how it looks/sounds or what it means, storage: maintaining encoded info in memory over time, retrivel: recovering info from memory stores. Focusing on 2 or more inputs at one time. Memory is enhanced for forming both semantic and visual codes, since either can lead to recall. Flash bulb memories are vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events. What memories did he have difficulty (cid:862)(cid:396)et(cid:396)ie(cid:448)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) long term memories were intact (everything before the surgery). Could not remember what happened 20 seconds prior. The hippocampal region and adjacent areas in the cortex = medial temporal lobe of memory system. Retrieval cues- stimuli that help gain access to memories. Schema = an organized cluster of knowledge about a particular object or event abstracted from previous experience with the object or evnt. People are more likely to remember things that are consistent with their schemas. Misinformation effect due to unreliability of source monitoring.
