PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Egocentric Bias, Procedural Memory, Explicit Memory
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Memory the ability to store and retrieve information over time. 3 key functions of memory encoding, storage, retrieval. Memories are made by combining information we already have in our brains with new information that comes through our senses. Memories are constructed, not recorded, and encoding is the process by which we transform what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory. Memories are a combination of old and new information, so the nature of any particular memory depends as much on the old information already in our memories as it does on the new information coming through our senses. Semantic judgment meaning of the word (deeper processing than other two), rhyme judgment sound of the word, visual judgment the appearance of the words. Elaborate encoding the process of actively relating new information to knowledge that is already in memory.
