Memory Flashcards
(13 cards)
Short term memory
(Working memory)
lasts about 30 secs
Limited capacity: 7 (+-2)
Disappears quickly
Sensory memory
Very short, temporary
Improving recall: chunking
Grouping numbers together (4 each)
Long term memory:
Declarative-
Semantic-
Episodic-
Declarative-facts events
Semantic-facts events
Episodic-Life events
Long term memory:
-procedural
“Muscle memory”
Repressed memory
Traumatic event (not recovered memory)
“Flashbulb” memory
- really strong memory
- emotional event
Photographic memory
Take picture with mind
Automatic encoding
Without effort
Interesting facts
Effortful encoding
Repeat until learned
Elaborative rehearsal -make connections
Other memory tricks
Mnemonic device
Peg method
Why do we forget
Repression
Amnesia (physical and psychological)
Poor retrieval cues (cram)
Interference (tip of tongue)
Eyewitness testimony
Unreliable(77% of false convictions overturned by DNA)
- own race bias
- confidence not indicator
- false convictions?