Short Term Memory Analysis
1. Short-term memory is the part of the memory system where information is stored for a short period of time. It is important for short term memory to exercise your brain on a daily basis. A personal experience where I had a lapse of short-term memory was when I was studying for a biology exam in the library on the 2nd floor. Then, another day when I went to the library, but sat in a different spot. I could not remember what I had remembered in the other spot. This is an example of encoding specificity (pg. 335). Encoding specificity is an idea that gives us specific cues with a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it. For me, if I had returned to the same location in which my memory was formed, I will be able to retrieve
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Long-term memory is a system for permanently storing, managing or retrieving information for future use. A recent event when I had experienced a lapse of long-term memory was in my Chemistry class. I took Chemistry 107 last semester, and now I am taking Chemistry 108. Most of the concepts are similar, but I have trouble recalling some of the equations used and keep getting confused with mathematical equations I am learning right now. This is an example of Retroactive interference, which is hen newer information interferes with the retrieval of older information. The information I had learned in Chemistry 107 interferes with the new concepts I am learning in Chemistry 108 because new learning keeps getting in the way of recalling old information. Another example of a long-term memory lapse is when as a kid we are told that adding salt when cooking pasta helps raise the temperature and makes it cook faster. This is an example of a misinformation effect (pg. 344), where people have formed false memories, which incorporates misleading details, after receiving wrong information after an event. I found out a few days ago, that it is for taste and making the pasta not sticking to the sides of the pot. This is an example of a misinformation effect because as a child, I was told something different and now if I tell someone else about the misleading information, I will be wrong. Misinformation effect is an example of retroactive interference, where the information presented interferes with the ability to retrieve previous
Long-term memory is a system for permanently storing, managing or retrieving information for future use. A recent event when I had experienced a lapse of long-term memory was in my Chemistry class. I took Chemistry 107 last semester, and now I am taking Chemistry 108. Most of the concepts are similar, but I have trouble recalling some of the equations used and keep getting confused with mathematical equations I am learning right now. This is an example of Retroactive interference, which is hen newer information interferes with the retrieval of older information. The information I had learned in Chemistry 107 interferes with the new concepts I am learning in Chemistry 108 because new learning keeps getting in the way of recalling old information. Another example of a long-term memory lapse is when as a kid we are told that adding salt when cooking pasta helps raise the temperature and makes it cook faster. This is an example of a misinformation effect (pg. 344), where people have formed false memories, which incorporates misleading details, after receiving wrong information after an event. I found out a few days ago, that it is for taste and making the pasta not sticking to the sides of the pot. This is an example of a misinformation effect because as a child, I was told something different and now if I tell someone else about the misleading information, I will be wrong. Misinformation effect is an example of retroactive interference, where the information presented interferes with the ability to retrieve previous