Cognition+Memory

= = __**Unit 7A - Cognition: Memory - pages 255-297**__



=__**APA Content Standard Area: Memory **__= //After concluding this unit, students understand: // 1. Encoding of memory 2. Storage of memory 3. Retrieval of memory 1.1 Identify factors that influence encoding. 1.2 Characterize the difference between shallow (surface) and deep (elaborate) processing. 1.3 Discuss strategies for improving the encoding of memory. 2.1 Describe the differences between working memory and long-term memory. 2.2 Identify and explain biological processes related to how memory is stored. 2.3 Discuss types of memory and memory disorders (e.g., amnesias, dementias). 2.4 Discuss strategies for improving the storage of memories. 3.1 Analyze the importance of retrieval cues in memory. 3.2 Explain the role that interference plays in retrieval. 3.3 Discuss the factors influencing how memories are retrieved. 3.4. Explain how memories can be malleable. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">3.5 Discuss strategies for improving the retrieval of memories.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Content Standard 1: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> **Encoding of memory**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Content Standard 2: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> **Storage of memory**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Content Standard 3: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> **Retrieval of memory**

=__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Key Terms **__= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Memory encoding <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Storage retrieval <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sensory memory short-term memory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Long-term memory working memory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Parallel processing automatic processing <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Effortful processing rehearsal <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Spacing effect serial position effect <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Visual encoding acoustic encoding <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Semantic encoding imagery <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Mnemonics chunking <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Iconic memory echoic memory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Flashbulb memory long-term potentiation (LTP) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Amnesia implicit memory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Explicit memory hippocampus <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Recall recognition <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Relearning priming <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Déjà vu mood congruent memory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Proactive interference retroactive interference <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Repression misinformation effect <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Source amnesia





Practice Multiple Choice Questions from textbook



=__Memory__=

Memory outline notes - all of 7A



Slate Article on Memory

Secrets of a Mind-Gamer

=__Information Processing__=

9 Types of Mnemonics



Peg Words Mnemonic Device



Memory Champion shares his technique

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 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">MEMORY – Rank the following problems from “most closely relates to you” to “causes the least problem”. __**
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“I just can’t remember anything when I take tests.” **


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“I remember the information when I’m studying, but I forget it the day of the test.” **


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“I can’t even remember information while I am studying, much less during the test.” **


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“My memory is so bad that I can’t even remember three pieces of information!” **


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“I remember things I read in the textbook, but I can’t seem to remember what the teacher talks about in class.” **


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“I remember every word the teacher says in class, but I have trouble remembering information from what I read.” **


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“I’m just so bored with what we have to learn. I can’t remember things if they’re not interesting to me.” **

//Solutions to these problems discussed and demonstrated in class!//

=__Forgetting__=

=__**PsychSim**__=


 * Trusting your Memory**

When Memory Fails

Forgetting

=__Memory Construction__=

__ **Reliability of Eye Witness Testimony** __

__//Opener//:__ What is the misinformation effect?
 * When are people susceptible to misinformation?
 * Who is susceptible to misinformation?
 * What happens to the original memory?
 * Do people genuinely believe the misinformation?

__//Activity 1 -//__ The Eyewitness Test

__//Activity 2 - Read and mark up the following article://__ Scientific American Article Why Science tells us not to rely on eyewitness accounts January 2010 - Mark up digitally using either the "Comment" option in Microsoft Word OR using an online mark up tool, such as Crocodoc or JustPaste.it

__//Activity 3 - Transfer notes//__
 * On the right side of your two column notes, write three quotes or phrases you selected to raise to the group.
 * On the left side, write any questions, points of agreement or disagreement you want to make about the quote or segment.



__//Activity 4 - Save the Last Word//__ Add at least one quote from each member in your group to your notes.

__//Activity 5 - Summary//__ Write a paragraph summarizing the main points of discussion from your group. Share your own thoughts on the article and the reliability of eyewitness testimony.

__//Activity 6 - Critical Thinking//__ Role play the following situation: As a member of a jury, you have listened to an eye-witness to the crime. His information is taken very seriously by the other members of the jury. Explain to them why eye-witness memory may not be as reliable as they believe it to be.

__//Conclusion//__ Post a response to the prompt on the following WallWisher discussion board

__//HW://__
 * 1) What are the major assumptions of the information processing model of memory?
 * 2) What are some examples of shallow and deep processing of information?
 * 3) Can you devise any mnemonic devices to help encode information about psychology concepts?
 * 4) Describe some methods for increasing the capacity of short-term memory.
 * 5) What are the differences between implicit and explicit memories? Provide examples of each type.
 * 6) What are your earliest childhood memories? How accurate do you think they are? Why?

The Innocence Project - video Case study an an eyewitness who falsely convicted a man for 11 years

=**Memory Games**=

NASA Memory games Includes the Mnemonic Generator

Simon - test your memory Online version of an 80s memory game

Memory Test

The Stroop Effect

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