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Forgetting. Chapter 12. Organization of Memories. Network Theory Related ideas filed into nodes Links between nodes Associations Hierarchy Concrete, specific Abstract, general Natural, built-in system. Stages in devolpment Before frontal cortex develops Fully functioning memory
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Forgetting Chapter 12
Organization of Memories • Network Theory • Related ideas filed into nodes • Links between nodes • Associations • Hierarchy • Concrete, specific • Abstract, general • Natural, built-in system • Stages in devolpment • Before frontal cortex develops • Fully functioning memory • Dead connections in the brain • Unfamiliar and uninteresting • Forgetting curve • Familiar and interesting • Recognition vs. recall
Reasons for Forgetting • Repression • Module 11 – Freud, fraud • Poor Retrieval Cues • Amnesia • Trauma – page 278 • Interference • Interference • Proactive – earlier info blocks • Retroactive – later info blocks • Retrieval Cues • Bizarre mental images • Emotional states • Tip-of-the-Tongue
Other Memory and Forgetting • Mnemonics • Loci • Peg • Treatments • Cultural • Visual vs. Verbal • False Memory