Memory Flashcards
What is memory
Retention of information over time
Name of guy who Rain man is based off?
Kim Peek
Flashbulb Memory
Emotional memories that are vivid and detailed
What was the big event discussed in class?
Challenger disaster, people’s memories were distorted
Eyewitness Testimony
Repeated and prolonged attempts to remember details. Can distort events
3 Social implications of eyewitness testimony?
How many % convicted based on eyewitness testimony?
How many judges believed correlation between eyewitness and accuracy?
Juries place a lot of faith in it
75%
24%
False Memories
Reconstructive nature of memories
POV is called
Field Memory
Observer Memory
Seeing yourself from a distance
2 important dimensions of memory systems?
Span - how much info a system can retain
Duration - length of time system can retain info
How long do humans store visual memory and what is it called?
Iconic memory, 1 second
How long do humans store auditory memory, what called?
Echoic memory, 5 - 10 seconds
Short term memory
Retains information about 20 seconds,
Early conceptulization
Emphasizes structure and storage
Working Memory
Emphasizes type of processing
Decay
Loss of information from memory due to disease, passage of time
Interference
Loss of information because of competition from other incoming information
2 Types of interference
Proactive Interference - Old information interferes with new information
Retroactive interference - New interferes with old
Who discovered short term memory can hold roughly 7 pieces of information called chunks?
George Miller
