Chapter 6 Flashcards
Dual-coding hypothesis
Items that are easy to visualize are encoded as images and words, and are therefore easier to retrieve
Depth of processing
Information can be processed on a variety of levels, from the most basic (visual form), to phonology (sounds), to the deepest level (semantic meaning). Overall, experimental work supports the idea that deeper encoding improves memory.
Transfer-appropriate processing
Proposal that retention is best when the mode of encoding and mode of retrieval are the same
Incidental learning
Learning situation in which the learner is unaware that a test will occur
Intentional learning
Learning when the learner knows that there will be a test of retention
Maintenance rehearsal
A process of rehearsal whereby items are “kept in mind” but not processed more deeply.
Elaborative rehearsal
Process whereby items are not simply kept in mind but are processed either more deeply or more elaborately.
Encoding is a process by which…
Information is moved from short-term memory into long-term memory
Mere exposure effect
Just being exposed to something more makes you like it more
Cryptomnesia
Think creating something new but recalling something similar and seen before
Schema
Long-term structured knowledge used to make sense of new material and subsequently store and recall it
Eagle and Leiter (1964) compared an intentional learning group with an incidental learning group. They found that ____ was better at recall, while ____ was better at recognition.
Intentional; incidental
What did the finding of Eagle and Leiter (1964) suggest about the benefit of recall?
Benefit of recall is likely the result of deliberate encoding strategies; otherwise, the right orienting task may benefit learning more for everyone in some situations
Sulin and Dooling (1974) presented people with the same stody about a dictator but only swapped the name. What does their work suggest?
That schema-driven errors are more likely at longer delays because schematic information is more durable than recognition or rote recall.
In the Craik and Tulving (1975) study, what did they find about the levels of processing?
Deeper processing produced higher proportion of words recognized
(Semantic processing (sentence) > Acoustic processing (rhyme) > stuctural processing (case))