PSYC 2000 Lecture : First Lecture Notes
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Single syllable that is pronounceable and has no known meaning. Even though he didn"t remember them, he learned it quicker. Nonsense syllable (ex: wux) he was interested in memory wanted to memorize things (stuff that he isn"t familiar with) He would write down nonsense syllables and memorize them he memorized the lists then tested himself after. 3 fundamental facts about learning from 70 years of cognitive psychology: acquiring new knowledge is difficult and requires practice. 2 important things: we forget almost everything we learn (95%, it takes knowledge to learn knowledge, the more you know the easier it is to learn processes. Built through practice learning & memory stages of skill aquisition. First: we become more efficient at the component processes. Second: you become more efficient at sequencing these different. The more associations a concept has, the easier it is to remember and learn.
