The example scenarios tell us that recollection from human memory is not truly reliable. Memory is a complex process that requires full concentration of the brain. If there is a distraction, or simply decay of a memory over time, memories can be forgotten. The first scenario is a short-term memory using visual coding, however, the phone number failed to be recalled because the predominant auditory coding was occupied by the friend who was talking. The second example is a long-term memory by means of familiarity. I was presented with familiar stimuli and recognize them, yet do not remember full details. Procedural memory comes into play when I unconsciously open the lock though implicit memory, despite not recalling the code. Without constant
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The human brain processes memory into short-term and long-term memory through visual, auditory, and semantic coding. Both visual and auditory coding holds a visual or sound pattern in the mind, while semantic coding sorts words based on their meaning. The types of long-term memory are episodic, semantic, and procedural. Episodic is a memory for specific personal experiences, whereas semantic is a memory for facts. On the other hand, procedural memory is a memory for learned skills. Recognition memory can help us learn to respond appropriately to a similar situation we have experienced in the past. For example, police training is meant to prepare new police for how to handle a variety difficult and dangerous missions. During training, John had been educated on what to do when faced with a criminal pointing a gun at the police. Soon after officially becoming a police officer, John is positioned to deal with a criminal who had just robbed a bank and is pointing their gun at the police who has just arrived at the scene. Under this circumstance, John utilizes his skills learned from police training, which is to tell the criminal to calm down first and avoid shooting first. John exercised autobiological long-term memory in this scenario, which is a combination of both episodic and semantic memory. Personal semantic memories of his knowledge associated with personal experiences obtained during John’s police training were used in this
The human brain processes memory into short-term and long-term memory through visual, auditory, and semantic coding. Both visual and auditory coding holds a visual or sound pattern in the mind, while semantic coding sorts words based on their meaning. The types of long-term memory are episodic, semantic, and procedural. Episodic is a memory for specific personal experiences, whereas semantic is a memory for facts. On the other hand, procedural memory is a memory for learned skills. Recognition memory can help us learn to respond appropriately to a similar situation we have experienced in the past. For example, police training is meant to prepare new police for how to handle a variety difficult and dangerous missions. During training, John had been educated on what to do when faced with a criminal pointing a gun at the police. Soon after officially becoming a police officer, John is positioned to deal with a criminal who had just robbed a bank and is pointing their gun at the police who has just arrived at the scene. Under this circumstance, John utilizes his skills learned from police training, which is to tell the criminal to calm down first and avoid shooting first. John exercised autobiological long-term memory in this scenario, which is a combination of both episodic and semantic memory. Personal semantic memories of his knowledge associated with personal experiences obtained during John’s police training were used in this