01:830:101 Lecture 41: Processing Types

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Professor Marvasti

Document Summary

Parallel processing: the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain"s natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving. Automatic processing: unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings. Effortful processing: encoding that requires attention and conscious effort. Rehearsal: the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage. Spacing effect: the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice. Serial position effect: our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list. Visual encoding: the encoding of picture images. Acoustic encoding: the encoding of sound, especially the sound of words. Semantic encoding: the encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words.