Human Memory
Class 11 · Psychology · 8 Questions
What is the meaning of the terms 'encoding', 'storage' and 'retrieval'?
How is information processed through sensory, short-term and long-term memory systems?
How are maintenance rehearsals different from elaborative rehearsals?
Differentiate between declarative and procedural memories?
Why does forgetting take place?
How is retrieval related forgetting different from forgetting due to interference?
Define mnemonics? Suggest a plan to improve your own memory.
Recall and write down an event of your life that you remember very clearly. Also request others (those who were participants of that event such as your brother/sister, parents or other relatives/friends) to do the same. Compare the two recalled versions and look for discrepancies and similarities. Try to reason why there are similarities and discrepancies.