NCERT Book Class 11 Psychology (मनोविज्ञान) Chapter 6 मानव स्मृति

Chapter
6 Human Memory

After reading this chapter, you would be able to
• understand the nature of memory,
• distinguish between different types of memory,
• understand the nature and causes of forgetting, and
• learn the strategies for improving memory.

Contents
Introduction
Nature of Memory
Information Processing Approach : The Stage Model
Memory Systems : Sensory, Short-term and Long-term Memories
Working Memory (Box 6.1)
Levels of Processing
Types of Long-term Memory
Declarative and Procedural; Episodic and Semantic
Long-term Memory Classification (Box 6.2)
Methods of Memory Measurement (Box 6.3)
Nature and Causes of Forgetting
Forgetting due to Trace Decay, Interference and Retrieval Failure
Repressed Memories (Box 6.4)
The advantage of bad Enhancing Memory
Mnemonics using Images and Organisation
memory is that one
enjoys several times, Key Terms
the same good things Summary
for the first time. Review Questions
Project Ideas
– Friedrich Nietzsche