PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Repressed Memory, Hot Air Balloon, Sq3R

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Mark Dallas

Document Summary

Studying memories: memory: persistence of learning over time through encoding, storage, and retrieval of info. Studying memory"s extremes (exceptional ability to memorize/recall vs extreme memory loss) has helped to understand memory loss: ex. After stroke, man lost ability to recall important memories (ie. brother"s death, last meal, day: ex. Solomon shereshevskii won memory olympics, can repeat 70 digits (backwards and forwards) Measuring retention: recall: retrieving info not currently in your conscious awareness but was learned earlier, ex. Fill in the blank question: recognition: identifying items previously learned, ex. In 25 years, can recognize and put a name to the face of fellow graduating classmates, but difficult to recall their names on your own without list: relearning: learning something again later, takes less time, ex. Studying for finals or engage in language used in early childhood. Short-term memory: activated memory that holds few items briefly: ex. Remembering a phone number while calling (before it is stored or forgotten)