Memory

-       encode, store, retrieve information

-       flashbulb memories

-       information processing

o   long term memory

§     limitless

o   working memory

§     7 +/- 2

§     consciousness

§     rehearsal

Encoding

-       sensory memory

o   registering information

o   Sperling’s research

§     iconic memory

·     visual

·     about 1 second

§     echoic

·     less than 1 second

·     auditory echo (3-4 seconds)

-       working memory

o   automatic processing

§     effortless

o   effortful processing

§     conscious effort

§     Ebbinghaus

·     spacing effect

·     serial position effect

-       WM to LTM

o   encode meaning

o   personalize

§     get correct meaning

o   encode imagery

§     relate pictures to words

o   organization

§     chunking

Storage

-       long term memory

o   capacity

§     limitless

o   durability

§     gone or inaccessible?

·     Freud

·     Penfield

·     Loftus

 

-       how do we store LTM?

o   electrical activity

o   synaptic changes

§     serotonin

§     stimulating hormones

o   types of information

§     explicit memory

·     conscious recall

·     hippocampus

§     explicit memory

·     effortless recall

·     brainstem

Retrieval

-       recall vs. recognition

-       cues

o   context effect

§     déjà vu

o   moods

§     state dependent learning

§     mood congruent