This monograph proposes 7 principles of human memory. These principles are qualitative statements of empirical regularities that can serve as intermediary explanations and which follow from viewing memory as a function.
This monograph proposes 7 principles of human memory. These principles are qualitative statements of empirical regularities that can serve as intermediary explanations and which follow from viewing memory as a function.
Aimée M. Surprenant is currently a professor in the Department of Psychology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada. She received a B.A. in psychology from New York University in 1988 and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale University in 1992. She received a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health for post-doctoral work at Indiana University in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. Her research has been published in journals such as Memory, Memory & Cognition, Perception & Psychophysics, the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, and the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Ian Neath is currently a professor and head of the Department of Psychology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada. He received a B.A. in psychology and history from Rice University in 1987, and a Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University in 1991. He has published numerous articles and chapters on human memory, and is currently on the editorial boards of Memory & Cognition, the Journal of Memory and Language, and Psychological Science.
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1. Introduction. 2. Systems or Process? 3. Principle 1: The Cue Driven Principle. 4. Principle 2: The Encoding-Retrieval Principle. 5. Principle 3: The Cue Overload Principle. 6: Principle 4: The Reconstruction Principle. 7. Principle 5: The Impurity Principle. 8. Principle 6: The Relative Distinctiveness Principle. 9: Principle 7: The Specificity Principle. 10. Evaluation, Limitations, and Implications. References.
