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Cognitive Psychology Chapter VI Memory Processes II (250)
This deck covers key concepts from Chapter VI of Cognitive Psychology, focusing on memory processes, including the serial-position curve, memory distortions, and encoding specificity.
The serial-position curve depicts two effects:
recency effect; primacy effect
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The serial-position curve depicts two effects:
recency effect; primacy effect
Decay theory asserts that information is forgotten because of ..
.. gradual disappearance, rather than displacement.
Decay or interference?
At least in short-term memory both. But evidence for interference stronger.
When we say that the nature of memory is constructive, we mean that …
… prior knowledge influences new memory formation and how and what we recall.
Flashbulb memory is a memory of an event …
… so powerful that one remembers it as vividly as if it were preserved on film. -> think 9/11
7 kinds of memory distortions:
• transcience (memory fades quickly) • absent-mindedness (bruhsing your teeth twice) • blocking (i know there was sth else, but can’t remember it) • M...
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
The serial-position curve depicts two effects: | recency effect; primacy effect |
Decay theory asserts that information is forgotten because of .. | .. gradual disappearance, rather than displacement. |
Decay or interference? | At least in short-term memory both. But evidence for interference stronger. |
When we say that the nature of memory is constructive, we mean that … | … prior knowledge influences new memory formation and how and what we recall. |
Flashbulb memory is a memory of an event … | … so powerful that one remembers it as vividly as if it were preserved on film. -> think 9/11 |
7 kinds of memory distortions: | • transcience (memory fades quickly) • absent-mindedness (bruhsing your teeth twice) • blocking (i know there was sth else, but can’t remember it) • Misattribution • Suggestibility • Bias • Persistence |
A way to test memory distortion? | eyewitness testimony paradigms |
One possibility for why we are so bad at knowing whether we have heared something or not? | we have difficulties with “source-monitoring” |
How items are encoded has a strong effect on how and how well they are retrieved. This is known as … | … encoding specificity. |