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From: "Stuart McKelvie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:09 AM
Subject: RE: [tips] From-STM to LTM
Dear Tipsters,
It is my understanding from the memory literature that there are two ways in
which information can be sent from STM to LTM. One is rote rehearsal or
maintenance rehearsal, in which information is simply repeated, and the
other is elaborative rehearsal, in which the information is processed more
"deeply" (in line with Craik and Lockhart's idea). The latter is better.
Two cautions:
1. Craik and Lockhart actually challenged the STM/LTM model, preferring to
speak about levels of processing. However, we can see a strong similarity
between elaborative rehearsal in the standard model and their idea of depth
or level of processing of the material.
2. The Peterson and Peterson study has nothing to do with LTM. In that
study, participants were prevented from rehearsing during the recall
interval and PP found that recall declined over a period of 18 sec. They
concluded that STM lasts about this length of time if no rehearsal occurs.
Note, however, that this conclusion has been challenged for a number of
reasons, one of which is that counting backwards during the interval may
have prevented rehearsal but it may also have interfered with the memory
trace.
Sincerely,
Stuart
OK.I only implied that repetition was one of the techniques. I stand
corrected on the Peterson and Peterson
but again I said that "I think". Lots of my stuff are materials I am trying
to tecall from memory.I was a student of Don Kausler at Mizzou who wrote a
text on the psychology of verbal learning and memory.
Btw,there are two types of processing : elaborative and deep processing I do
not recall (but do not quote me on this)
anything about memory trace ( if it is a neuronal event we are talking
about) but I do recall the PP havivg to do preventing the chunking of info
hence preventing yhe capacity of hold in STM.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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