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Memory. Hunter Glazewski. Retrieval. The 3 R’s of retrieval Recall- the ability to retrieve information not in conscious awareness. Recognize- a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned.
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Memory Hunter Glazewski
Retrieval • The 3 R’s of retrieval • Recall- the ability to retrieve information not in conscious awareness. • Recognize- a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned. • Relearning- a memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time.
Retrieval Cues • Each piece of memory information is interconnected with each other. • When you encode into memory a target piece of information you associate other bits of information such as your surroundings, mood, seating position and so on. • Retrieval Cues are anchor points you can use to access the target piece of information when you want to retrieve it later.
Example of retrieval cues • Mnemonic devices such as ROY G. BIV
Priming is the process of retrieving certain memories Priming is often “memoryless memory” Activates the concept Primes spelling the spoken word hair/hare as h-a-r-e. Seeing or hearing the word rabbit
Context Effects • Different environments can trigger different memories or make you forget your past memory temporarily. • Ex: You get up from your desk to go sharpen your pencil but when you get into another room you forget what you were going there for, but when you return to your desk you remember. Words heard underwater are best recalled underwater While words heard on land are best recalled on land.
Deja Vu • French for already seen • The eerie sense that you have already experience an experience before. • Cues from a current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.
Moods & Memories • Our moods similarly bias our memories • We associate good or bad events with their accompanying emotions • Mood congruent – The tendency to recall experiences that our consistent with ones current good or bad mood