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The combined assignments will count as a test gradeYou might think that your memory is there to help you remember facts, such as birthdays or shopping lists. If so, you would be very wrong. The ability to travel back in time in your mind is, perhaps, your most remarkable ability, and develops over your lifespan. Horizon takes viewers on an extraordinary journey into the human memory. From the woman who is having her most traumatic memories wiped by a pill, to the man with no memory, this film reveals how these remarkable human stories are transforming our understanding of this unique human ability. The findings reveal the startling truth that everyone is little more than their own memory.
Part I: Memory Clips - Based on the short clips of How Does Your Memory Work? answer the following questions
What does memory allow us to do?
What was the purpose of the mirror self-recognition test and the lion test?
How do these two tests illustrate why childhood amnesia occurs?
What does John’s memory reveal about how we remember?
What do the tests at Harvard reveal about what we think about the past and the future?
What is in memory that is very important and unique for human beings?
What makes our memory more powerful than a supercomputer?
What does PTSD reveal about memory formation?
What does this drug reveal about memories
How does memory change over time?
Why does memory change as we age?
What impact does Alzheimer’s have on quality of life?
What do we know about Alzheimer’s?
Part II - Textbook
HW: Read pp. 233- 256
- Define how cognitive psychologists view memory
- Explain the three tasks of memory according to the Information Processing Model.
- Would you want an eidetic memory? why or why not?
- What explanation is offered to explain the decline of eidetic memory in adults?
- What are the 3 stages of memory according to the standard model proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin?
- Describe the purpose and result of psychologist George Sperling on sensory memory
- Identify 5 types of sensory memory
- Where does sensory memory take place?
- What occurs in working memory? Why is the working memory referred to a the central processing chip?
- How is the capacity and duration for working memory different than sensory memory?
- What are the three functions of working memory? Explain each one
- How does chunking and rehearsal assist the working memory?
- How does the phonological loop /acoustic encoding assist in the working memory?
- How does visual and spatial encoding assist in working memory?
- Explain the Levels of Processing Theory.
- What is the capacity and duration of long term memory?
- Identify and explain the two main parts of long term memory?
- Identify and explain the two subdivisions of declarative memory
- What did brain researcher discover Karl Lashley discover about the engram?
- Why is the case of HM so important in our understanding of memory in the brain?
- What disease is associated with the deterioration of the hippocampus?
- How does anteriograde amnesia differ from retrograde amnesia?
- What did you learn about flash bulb memories?
- What is the difference between explicit and implicit memories?
- Explain the purpose of retrieval cues
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