Agenda – Tuesday, March 11th

• Memory Reading Quiz• Memory notes and examples• Homework: Mid-Term Exam FRIDAY

Yellow Sheet

• Hermann Ebbinghaus

• When you finish your quiz, you can check your new reading guide with my answers (green packet)

Levels of Processing Model

Encoding Storage Retrieval

Encoding

• “Saving” information in your brain• Types of encoding– Effortful Processing: When you TRY to remember

something– Automatic Processing: Happens without choice

Group #1

• One-at-a-time, 15 words will appear on the screen in front of you. As you see each word, count the number of vowels and the number of consonants in each word.

• For example, the word Fishing has two vowels and five consonants. Thus, you would record v = 2, c = 5 (vowels = 2, consonants = 5). Record your answers below.

• Do not record the actual word, simply the NUMBERS.

Group #2

• One-at-a-time, 15 words will appear on the screen in front of you. As you see each word, pronounce it to yourself, and determine how difficult the word is to pronounce (use your best judgment).

• Rate the difficulty of pronunciation for each word on a 7-point scale (1 = very simple to pronounce, 4 = moderate pronunciation, 7 = extremely difficult to pronounce). Record your answers (a number 1 – 7) in the spaces provided below.

• Do not record the actual word, simply the NUMBER.

Group #3

• One-at-a-time, 15 words will appear on the screen in front of you. As you see each word, think about how useful this item would be to you if you were stranded on a desert island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

• Rate each item’s usefulness on a 7-point scale (1 = not at all useful, 4 = somewhat useful, 7 = extremely useful/life saving). Mark your answers (a number 1 – 7) in the spaces provided below.

• Do not record the actual word, simply the NUMBER.

READY??

• Volleyball

Word 1

• Tomato

Word 2

• Diary

Word 3

• Machete

Word 4

• Tuxedo

Word 5

• Mayonnaise

Word 6

• Tent

Word 7

• Bicycle

Word 8

• Opossum

Word 9

• Lighter

Word 10

• Stapler

Word 11

• Hat

Word 12

• Syringe

Word 13

• Belt

Word 14

• Headphones

Word 15

All Groups!!

• Jot down as many words as you can remember!

• Headphones• Tuxedo• Tomato• Belt• Syringe• Hat • Stapler• Diary

How many did you get? Lighter Opposum Bicycle Machete Tent Mayonnaise Volleyball

Group #1

• One-at-a-time, 15 words will appear on the screen in front of you. As you see each word, count the number of vowels and the number of consonants in each word.

• For example, the word Fishing has two vowels and five consonants. Thus, you would record v = 2, c = 5 (vowels = 2, consonants = 5). Record your answers below.

• Do not record the actual word, simply the NUMBERS.

Group #2

• One-at-a-time, 15 words will appear on the screen in front of you. As you see each word, pronounce it to yourself, and determine how difficult the word is to pronounce (use your best judgment).

• Rate the difficulty of pronunciation for each word on a 7-point scale (1 = very simple to pronounce, 4 = moderate pronunciation, 7 = extremely difficult to pronounce). Record your answers (a number 1 – 7) in the spaces provided below.

• Do not record the actual word, simply the NUMBER.

Group #3

• One-at-a-time, 15 words will appear on the screen in front of you. As you see each word, think about how useful this item would be to you if you were stranded on a desert island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

• Rate each item’s usefulness on a 7-point scale (1 = not at all useful, 4 = somewhat useful, 7 = extremely useful/life saving). Mark your answers (a number 1 – 7) in the spaces provided below.

• Do not record the actual word, simply the NUMBER.

Storage

• Many memories stored in the cerebral cortex• Long-Term Potentiation– Thinking about memories strengthens these

neural connections– Memories not frequently accessed will

disappear…or do they?• What is your childhood phone number?

Storage

• Implicit/Nondeclarative Memory– Procedural information– No active thinking– Processed in the

cerebellum– “You just know how to”

Storage

• Explicit/Declarative Memory– Personal experiences– General information and facts– Processed in hippocampus

Retrieval

• Bringing information from long-term memory back to short-term memory – Recall: Retrieving without a cue– Recognition: Retrieving with the use of a retrieval

cue

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