Chapter 6 Flashcards
What are the three steps to memory?
- Encoding(into the system, through writing, conversion”)
- Storage
- Retrieval
what is the pathway of encoding?
Sensory register-short term memory-long term memory
B/w each stage: some lost, some continues onto….
What are the two sub groups of our sensory register?
Iconic and Echoic
If an image is played on the screen and then quickly removed, explain the process of how we would react?
The image will fade out of memory fairly quickly about half a second. This is because we experience a brief sensory memory of the visual stimuli aka the image on the screen. This is called Iconic, a subgroup within our sensory register within encoding. OVERLAPPING
If I ask someone: what were you saying? But them I remembered what they said and answer back there question. What is this an example of?
Basically, when we hear something we retain that information for about 2 seconds, that’s why we can quickly remember what the person said at the moment even if we don’t recall it immediately. By the time we say: what were you saying?, we processed the sensory memory of auditory stimuli aka called choice, subgroup within our sensory register.
If I forgot to study right before a quiz, and I spend the 20 minutes before the quiz studying. What form of encoding am I doing?
When you study you are encoding information that will stay in your short-term memory. In the moment we say it last 30 seconds, but in this case it lasts for about as long as the quiz is. Here we remember the beginning, noticeable middle, and end
If I am memorizing my phone number 917- 708-3307, what type of encoding am I doing?
Chunking-organize items into manageable single unit(Ex: years), this is kept by your short term memory
If I am saying Piaget, 10x times to remember how to say it. What type of encoing am I doing?
Maintenance rehearsal(repetition), part of short term memory
If something really embarrassing happened in class like I stuttered. What type of encoding?
Emotional memories are encoded better(not if too emotional), part of short term memory within encoding
When I am cutting a bagel and preparing it, what type of encoding am I doing?
Part of your long term memory because the information comes naturally, engrained. This means it’s part of your implicit knowledge, specifically procedural: Non conscious, knowledge of how to do something
Long term memory is sub divided into what 2 categories?
Implicit knowledge and explicit knowledge
When I remember the fiirst time I saw my crush Adrian in school, what type of encoding did I do?
Since this is engrianed in my memory, it’s part of my long-term memory. More specifically since I consciouslyl recall it, it’s part of my explicit knowledge. Since it’s a rare even it’s apart of Episodic: Knowledge of events in your life
If asked : What si the first president of the united states.? And I say George Washington, what type of encoding did I do?
Since i remember it forever, its’ part of my long-term memory. Since it’s a conscious recall it’s more of explicit knowledge, and sicne it’s general information that I know, it’s Semantic: General knowledge, not linked to time or place
The second step to memory is what and what process does it use?
Memory games, Mnemonics:Any learning technique that aids information retention, using vivid imagery and organization are most effective
If I have 10 words on the screen, and ask you to identify whether eahc has capital letters or not. At the end, I ask you to remember what words you recalled. Why might you recalled few words?
death of processing: not focusing on the right material,:Information rehearsed at simple levels will not be stored or remembered as easily as information rehearsed at meaning based levels, uses incidental learning when people are not consciously remembering the info.
