episodic memory Flashcards
declarative memory
= factual info
division of long term memory (4)
declarative memory
procedural memory
semantic memory
episodic memory
procedural memory
= actions, perceptual and motor skills
semantic memory
= general knowledge about the world, concepts, language
episodic memory
= dated recollections of event
events are tied to temporal and spatial contexts
encoding
transformation of input into a suitable formal
maintenance (rote) rehersal…efecttive?
NOT effective
craik & lockhart’s levels of processing framework
- continuum of progressively deeper processing
visual –> phonological –> semantic - retention
retention
a function of the depth of processing, the deeper you process it the better you remember it
words that need semantic processes….
are encoded better
complexity of a sentence
increases recall
elaboration makes…..
the item more distinctive
torage
maintaining info
retrieval
getting info out of storage
memory performance depends on…
how it is tested