55BC
told a story that showed an example of association memory, was able to remember where everyone was sat
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what did Aristotle say on memory?
memories as association, we remember because one thing triggers another
similarity, contrast, congruity ect
memories as mental images, remember concrete words e.g things we can physically picture
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what did plato say on memory?
used metaphors for memory, says memory is like a wax tablet, it etches into your brain
memory as a birdhouse = birds are the memories
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what did ebbinghaus do?
critical of past methods
began first experiments for human memory, tested himself on remembering 3 letters that make a pronounceable non word
was lost very quickly - this was known to him as decay function
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what are ebbinhaus explanations for forgetting?
1) competition for limited space so some memories must decay
2) information lost through being unlearned
3) information lost by going through degradation
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