Unit Seven TextA I Related nformation Long-term memory: The scientific study of long-tern memory began with the work of Hermann Ebbinghuas, who eased the problem of measuring memory by studding the rote learning of meaningless material. This approach to human memory has been strongly criticized, notably by Sir Frederic Bartlett in the 1930S, for ignoring the crucial role of meaning in memory Memory in everyday life is rarely based on rote retention of detail: it relies heavily in remembering the meaning of a passage a conversation or an event. The difficulties involved in carrying out experiments and constructing and testing theory of memory under naturalistic conditions, however, limited most investigation up to the 1960s to studies of the rote memory Stimulusresponse associationism was the dominant theoretical approach to memory at that time. This approach assumed that the basic unit of memory was an association between stimulus and response, and attempted to study this association which, when understood, would allow more complex memory phenomena to be explained Back By Zhu ruinaUnit Seven Text A By Zhu Ruina 6 Long-term memory: The scientific study of long-tern memory began with the work of Hermann Ebbinghuas, who eased the problem of measuring memory by studding the rote learning of meaningless material. This approach to human memory has been strongly criticized, notably by Sir Frederic Bartlett in the 1930s, for ignoring the crucial role of meaning in memory. Memory in everyday life is rarely based on rote retention of detail: it relies heavily in remembering the meaning of a passage, a conversation, or an event. The difficulties involved in carrying out experiments and constructing and testing theory of memory under naturalistic conditions, however, limited most investigation up to the 1960s to studies of the rote memory. Stimulusrespnse associationism was the dominant theoretical approach to memory at that time. This approach assumed that the basic unit of memory was an association between stimulus and response, and attempted to study this association, which , when understood, would allow more complex memory phenomena to be explained. II. Related Information : Back