PSY 1001 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Memory is incredible II Memory processes A Encoding B Storage C Retrieval III Sensory Memory IV Short term working memory V Long Term Memory Outline of Current Lecture I Long term Memory II Differences Between STM and LTM III Reconstructive Nature of Memory IV Types of Long Term Memory A Explicit B Implicit V Other Factors Affecting Memory Current Lecture I Long term Memory A Long term Storage attention helps as well 1 Function stores information for re access and use at a later time These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 2 Encoding for Storage Primarily semantic but also visual and auditory dual coding provides richest encoding 3 Duration of Storage Probably unlimited 4 Capacity of Storage Probably unlimited by dependent on what is encoded and filtered II Differences Between STM and LTM A Permanence B Capacity C Mistakes are different 1 Examples verbal a Short term tend to be acoustic long term semantic b Poodle terrier c Noodle poodle III Reconstructive Nature of Memory A Nature 1 Our memories are far more reconstructive than reproductive 2 When we try to recall an event we actively reconstruct our memories using the cues and information available to us 3 We don t passively reproduce our memories as we would if we were downloading information from a web page B Heuristics 1 like We depend on a representative heuristic because like goes with 2 We simplify things to make them easier to remember 3 Heuristics come with a price the memory illusion a Memory illusion a false but subjectively compelling memory IV Types of Long Term Memory A Explicit we have a conscious experience of accessing it remembering it intentionally 1 Semantic memory our knowledge of facts about the world a Left frontal 2 Episodic memory our memory of event in our own live a Right frontal B Implicit the process of recalling information we don t remember deliberately Doesn t require conscious effort on our part 1 Procedural memory for motor skills and habits 2 Priming ability to identify a stimulus more easily or more quickly when we ve previously encountered similar stimuli V 3 Conditioning 4 Habituation Other Factors Affecting Memory A Context dependent learning B State dependent learning