Brown/Peterson & Peterson Technique
What are the remember these 3 words
- Begin
– Pillow
– Carton
what is serial position effect ?
U-shaped relationship between a word’s position in a list and it’s probability of being recalled
What is chunking?
Organizing several numbers together as one unit
What happens after multiple trails?
Begin, Pillow, Carton: After multiple trials, difficult to
recall words
What is recency effect?
better recall for items at the
END of the list
What is semantics?
The meaning of words and sentences
What happens to material held in memory
less than a few seconds is
generally forgotten; very fragile
What is primacy effect?
enhanced recall for items at
the BEGINNING of the list
What is proactive interference (PI)?
When we have difficulty remembering new material because old material interferes.
Who was a British psychologist?
John Brown
Why the better memory for early items?
-No competition with earlier items
Release from Proactive Interference
performance on new category similar to performance on first item “Begin”
The three main techiques
- Presents items to remember
– Distracting task (prevents rehearsal = repeating
item silently)
– Recall of items
What another the better memory for early items?
Rehearsal more likely in beginning
What is information-Processing Approach?
Our mental processes are similar to the operations of a computer