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PSY 102 Final Exam Review1.Memory Demo: DRM task: - Words related to the word, sleep, were presented in class (sleep was not presented).
-Asked class to report words and see if sleep was recalled.
2.Memory Illusion: is a false, but subjectively compelling memory
3.Semantic networks: - Represents how concepts are organized in the mind
-Links between words are based on meaning
4.memory: - the retention of information over time
-malleable (easily influenced)
5.savant syndrome: describes unusual skills (most often in memory, music, art, calculation) in the presence of disability in other areas
6.Rajan Mahadevan (savant syndrome): - Memorized pi to 31,811 digits
-Could recall from a specific row vs. starting from the beginning
7.Stephen Wiltshire (savant syndrome): - Architectural artist and autistic savant
-Known for his ability to draw a landscape from memory after seeing it just once
8.Memory Demo: Walk to class: - Demonstrated reconstructive aspects
-Seeing yourself walking in third or first person
9.Memory demo: Office: showed that people tend to misremember objects that fit with our
schema of what is typically found in an office (e.g., books, computer).
10.Three types of memory and how they differ: sensory, short term, long term
They differ in terms of capacity and duration
11.Can we lose memory?: Yes and at each stage (types) of memory
12.sensory memory: the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system
iconic and echoic subtypes
13.icnonic memory: Memory for visual stimuli that lasts one second
14.echoic memory: memory for auditory stimuli that lasts 5-10 secs .Sperling's study: Conducted: Flashed letters on the screen testing the
duration of visual sensory memory
Findings: Found that we hold can register 12 letters but only recall 4-5 letters, memory faded .Whole Report Method (Sperling): subjects were asked to report as many (all) of the items as possible from an entire display
Role of decay: as time goes on you lose information
17.Partial report method (sperling): participants heard tone after letters were flashed which increased the number of letters they could
remember
Shows that after the letters disappear, 75% of that info is still in sensory memeory that participants can access. Tone signals which letter to recall.
18.short-term memory: Duration of Up to 20 seconds long
Decay + Interference process makes us lose the info
19.decay: Information fades with time
20.Interference: loss of info due to competition with other info
21.proactive interference: - happens when earlier learning gets in the way of learning something new
-Ex. Knowledge of tennis, interfering with learning pickle ball. Same domain of information.
22.Retroactive interference: learning new information hinders something previ- ously learned
23.Capacity of short term memory: - Span is typically 7 ± 2 pieces of information (e.g., numbers, letters, names, etc.)
-Magic Number = 7 (Miller, 1956)
24.Chunking: organization of a large body of information into smaller, more mean- ingful groups
helps you remember more digits
25.Rehearsal: the process of repeating information to extend the duration
of STM
26.maintenance rehearsal: Simply repeating the stimuli in the same form
27.elaborative rehearsal: - Link stimuli to each other in a meaningful way
-Associating things with meaning helps our short term memory more effectively
28.Levels of processing model: our ability to recall information is related
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