PSYC 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Metamemory, Eyewitness Memory, Prospective Memory
16 Feb 2018
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Typically used for actions, rather than ideas or information. Ways to improve prospective memory: external memory aid. Making a shopping list, using post-it note reminders. Metacognition your knowledge and control of your cognitive process. Supervise the way you select and use your memory strategies. Metamemory refers to peoples" knowledge, monitoring, and controlling of their memory: memory confidence and accuracy only modestly correlated in eyewitness memory, but police and jury more likely to believe confident witnesses. People are usually overconfident in predicting their performance, especially people who perform poorly, but those in the otp percentile are usually accurate in their prediction. Estimates for individual items more accurate than estimates for total score. During delay, assessing ltm items to evaluate self. Knowledge about learning/memory strategies: time allocation. More time spent on learning difficult items when there"s no time pressure. More time spent on easy items when under timed pressure.
