Memory & Learning
Trace Decay Theory- path through the grass
Multi-Store Model
Working Memory - 7 + or -- 2
Short Term Memory- 30 seconds
Sensory Memory- like an echo of the experience- Iconic memory = Visual
Long Term Memory- Recent (minutes to yrs) or Remote (Yrs to decades)
Episodic- rewind and replay
Phonological- phone call replaying in your mind
Explicit/ Declaritive
Implicit/ Procedural- behaviours and skills that require little to no conscious thought
Semantic Memory- detail, details, details, names, dates
Prospective Memory- thinking about things that haven't happened yet- ex. an appt
Episodic Memory - episodes of our lives, narrated by yours truly
Flashbuld Memories- happened in a flash
Path of Learning- Left to right, back and down
Levels of Processing
Phonemic- mimic the sound, know the sound
Semantic = Deep, understanding, meaning
Structural = Shallow - the shape of letters
Encoding & Retreival
Sensation and Perception- 3 Laws
Weber Fechner Law- Logarithmic pattern
Steven Powers Law - it is shocking to know that the curve can be Exponential in some cases.
Webers Law- Just Noticeable Difference (JND) will increase at a consistent rate amongst all things.
Pain and Gate Control Theory- rub away the pain
Retroactive Interferance- the new way is in the way of the old way.
Proactive Interferance- hard to be proactive when stuck in the past
Changes with Age
Language Development
Phonemes
Morphemes
Slight decline in overall intelligence
Crystalized intelligence remains stable
Decrease in cognitive function like working memory/ aka fluid intelligence
Attention
Divided Attention: focus on more than one stimulus
Selective Attention/ Cocktail party phenomenon: focus on one thing and filter out the rest
Sustained Attention: ability to focus on a specific stimulus