PSY270H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Episodic Memory, Free Recall, Frontal Lobe

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY270H1
• Professor: Kristie Dukewich

Document Summary

Chapter 7: long-term memory encoding and retrieval. Encoding: process of acquiring information and transferring it into ltm: ex. word can be encoded by repetition. Coding: refers to the form in which information is represented: ex. can be coded visually, by sound, by meaning. Rehearsal can be used to keep info in stm/working memory. This doesn"t guarantee information will be transferred into ltm making connections with other information: helps maintain information in stm/wm but not an effective way of transferring info into ltm, more effective at transferring info into ltm. Maintenance rehearsal: repetition without consideration of meaning or. Elaborative rehearsal: thinking about meaning of an item or making. Maintenance rehearsal and elaborative rehearsal connections between the item and something you know. Levels-of-processing theory: states memory depends on how information is encoded with deeper processing resulting in better encoding and retrieval than shallow processing. Depth of processing is determined by the nature of the task during encoding.