PSY 3377 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Folgers, Eyewitness Testimony, Flashbulb Memory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3377
• Professor: Sylvain Gagnon

Document Summary

Memory is a process involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, events, images, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. Memory is a process (e. g. , different types of memory, strategies for storing memory and then retrieving it, only some of the information gets in, some of the information cannot be retrieved etc. ) Memory is more like storing information on a file card that is written on disappearing ink, and when retrieved, it is possible that some of the stored information has changed. Autobiographical memory: what has happened in my life. Autobiographical memory (am): memory for specific experiences from our life, which can include both episodic and semantic components. Episodic memory: experiencing a memory by using mental time travel (e. g. , what kind of cake eaten, what kind of games played, the time of the party etc. )