Types
What is Long-term memory ?
large capacity memory for
experience and information accumulated
throughout your lifetime.
Encoding
taking in information
Levels-of-processing approach?
deep, meaningful processing of information leads to
more accurate recall than shallow, sensory
kinds of processing
What is Episodic Memory?
memory for personal events.
Storage
keeping info in memory.
What another term for Levels-of-processing approach ?
“depth-of-processing” approach
What is Semantic Memory ?
organizational knowledge
about the world
Retrieval
taking out information
Example of deep processing in relation to (elaboration)
Thinking about a word’s meaning
Procedural Memory?
knowledge about how to
do something
What does encoding do?
Processing and representing info in memory
Example of deep processing in relation to (self-reference effect)
Personal relevance
Aspects of Memories
Encoding,Storage,Retrieval
What does storage memory do?
Processing and representing info in memory
Who made Levels of Processing Approach?
Craik & Lockhart (1972)