The Persistence of Memory
3 Types of Memory
Episodic
3 Types of Memory Episodic Semantic
3 Types of Memory Episodic Semantic Implicit (Procedural)
3 Processes of Memory
Encoding
3 Processes of Memory Encoding – Visual or Acoustic
3 Processes of Memory Encoding – Visual or Acoustic – Semantic
3 Processes of Memory Encoding – Visual or Acoustic – Semantic Storage (Your big filing cabinet)
3 Processes of Memory Encoding – Visual or Acoustic – Semantic Storage (Your big filing cabinet) – Maintenance Rehearsal
3 Processes of Memory Encoding – Visual or Acoustic – Semantic Storage (Your big filing cabinet) – Maintenance Rehearsal – Elaborative Rehearsal
3 Processes of Memory Encoding – Visual or Acoustic – Semantic Storage (Your big filing cabinet) – Maintenance Rehearsal – Elaborative Rehearsal Retrieval
3 Processes of Memory Encoding – Visual or Acoustic – Semantic Storage (Your big filing cabinet) – Maintenance Rehearsal – Elaborative Rehearsal Retrieval – Context Dependent
3 Processes of Memory Encoding – Visual or Acoustic – Semantic Storage (Your big filing cabinet) – Maintenance Rehearsal – Elaborative Rehearsal Retrieval – Context Dependent – State Dependent
What about False memories?
They can be planted.
What about False memories? They can be planted. Certainty is no guarantee.
What about False memories? They can be planted. Certainty is no guarantee. Source Confusion
What about False memories? They can be planted. Certainty is no guarantee. Source Confusion Elaboration
What about False memories? They can be planted. Certainty is no guarantee. Source Confusion Elaboration Modification
What about False memories? They can be planted. Certainty is no guarantee. Source Confusion Elaboration Modification Excess pressure for details
What about False memories? They can be planted. Certainty is no guarantee. Source Confusion Elaboration Modification Excess pressure for details Wish fulfillment
Reyna & Brainerd
Verbatim Trace Memory
Reyna & Brainerd Verbatim Trace Memory Gist Trace Memory
Reyna & Brainerd Verbatim Trace Memory Gist Trace Memory Kids may be more reliable witnesses! How about brain scans for lie detection?
Stages of Storage (1) Sensory Memory
Stages of Storage (1) Sensory Memory Sight (Visual) Iconic Eidetic
Stages of Storage (1) Sensory Memory Sight (Visual) Iconic Eidetic Hearing (Auditory) Echoic Lasts Longer Music helps
Stages of Storage (1) Sensory Memory Sight (Visual) Iconic Eidetic Hearing (Auditory) Echoic Lasts Longer Music helps Smell Olfactory
Stages of Storage (1) Sensory Memory Sight (Visual) Iconic Eidetic Hearing (Auditory) Echoic Lasts Longer Music helps Smell Olfactory Taste Savory
Stages of Storage (1) Sensory Memory Sight (Visual) Iconic Eidetic Hearing (Auditory) Echoic Lasts Longer Music helps Smell Olfactory Taste Savory Touch Haptic
Stages of Storage
(2) Short-term Memory (Working Memory)
Stages of Storage (2) Short-term Memory (Working Memory) [Are you a sieve or a sponge?] [Do you rehearse?]
Stages of Storage (2) Short-term Memory (Working Memory) [Are you a sieve or a sponge?] [Do you rehearse?] Primacy and Recency Effects
Stages of Storage (2) Short-term Memory (Working Memory) [Are you a sieve or a sponge?] [Do you rehearse?] Primacy and Recency Effects Chunking
Stages of Storage (2) Short-term Memory (Working Memory) [Are you a sieve or a sponge?] [Do you rehearse?] Primacy and Recency Effects Chunking Interference (Displacement)
Stages of Storage
(3) Long-term Memory
Stages of Storage (3) Long-term Memory Mechanical/Rote (maintenance rehearsal)
Stages of Storage (3) Long-term Memory Mechanical/Rote (maintenance rehearsal) Relating (elaborative rehearsal)
Stages of Storage (3) Long-term Memory Mechanical/Rote (maintenance rehearsal) Relating (elaborative rehearsal) Reconstruction
Stages of Storage (3) Long-term Memory Mechanical/Rote (maintenance rehearsal) Relating (elaborative rehearsal) Reconstruction Schemas
Stages of Storage (3) Long-term Memory Mechanical/Rote (maintenance rehearsal) Relating (elaborative rehearsal) Reconstruction Schemas It is probably limitless!
Memory Tasks
Recognition
Memory Tasks Recognition Recall
Memory Tasks Recognition Recall Relearning
Forgetting
Infantile Amnesia
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things Decay
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time Interference
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information Repression
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information RepressionRelieve anxiety, guilt, or shame
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information RepressionRelieve anxiety, guilt, or shame Amnesia
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information RepressionRelieve anxiety, guilt, or shame AmnesiaTrauma-induced
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information RepressionRelieve anxiety, guilt, or shame AmnesiaTrauma-induced Retrograde Amnesia
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information RepressionRelieve anxiety, guilt, or shame AmnesiaTrauma-induced Retrograde AmnesiaLose prior knowledge
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information RepressionRelieve anxiety, guilt, or shame AmnesiaTrauma-induced Retrograde AmnesiaLose prior knowledge Anterograde Amnesia
Forgetting Infantile AmnesiaBabies don’t remember things DecayMemory fades over time InterferenceDisplacement by new information RepressionRelieve anxiety, guilt, or shame AmnesiaTrauma-induced Retrograde AmnesiaLose prior knowledge Anterograde AmnesiaLose subsequent knowledge
Can I improve my memory?
Drill and Practice – repetition
Can I improve my memory? Drill and Practice – repetition Make connections
Can I improve my memory? Drill and Practice – repetition Make connections Build Links
Can I improve my memory? Drill and Practice – repetition Make connections Build Links Find unique associations
Can I improve my memory? Drill and Practice – repetition Make connections Build Links Find unique associations Mnemonics