Chapter 7

Wednesday, January 29

AIM: Why is memory crucial to who we are?

CH7HW1 Read from text pages 233- 239

I. Read the introduction about Donna Smith.

A. Identify some factors that impact on memory.
B. Why can memory be so dangerous?
C. What impact could this have on our legal system?

2. How do cognitive psychologists explain memory?

3. How is memory related to learning?

4. Do the penny test on p. 236 with someone you know What did you discover about their memory?

5. Identify and explain the three basic tasks of memory?

6. Why is this known as the Information Processing Model?

7. Explain eidetic memory. Why do we lose eidetic memory as we get older?

8. How can eidetic memory be a curse?

9. Complete Check your Understanding - Full sentences with answer OR write out the question

Thursday, January 30

AIM: How does memory work?

CH7HW2 Read 239-248

1. Draw a model of the Atkinson and Shiffrin's Three Stages of Memory and explain what happens in each stage.

In your drawing use an example to illustrate your answer - Example: Someone shows you a pic on Instagram

2. How does the Stage Memory Theory differ from the Information Processing Model of memory?

3. How does encoding and storage differ in each of the three stages? (Sensory, STM/WM & LTM)

4. How did George Sperling determine the capacity of sensory memory? What is the magic number?

5. Why do you think it is beneficial we cannot encode and store most of what what is considered sensory memory?

7. Explain how working memory differs from sensory memory in terms of storage and capacity.

8. What are the three components of working memory?

9. How role does chunking play in working memory?

10. Why is elaborative rehearsal more efficient than maintenance rehearsal?

11. How does acoustic encoding help us encode and store memories?

12. What role does sketch pad play?

13. What brain system does the phonological loop rely on? sketch pad?

14. Explain Craik and Lockhart's Level of Processing Theory.

15 . What part of the brain is active in working memory?

Friday, January 31

AIM: How does memory work? (continued)

HW: Study for Quiz - Will include everything covered in class so far in Chapter 7

MyPsychLab - USE TO HELP YOU REVIEW

2020 - MEMORY DAY 1 &2

Monday, February 3

Aim: How does memory work in the brain?

QUIZ

CH7HW4 Read pp. 252-256

Explain the difference between implicit and explicit memory
Why is procedural memory often implicit?
What factors impact on retrieval cues?
How does priming impact on memory?
What factors help retrieve explicit memories?
Why are multiple choice tests easier than fill in the blank questions?
Explain encoding specificity.
Explain state and mood-congruent memory
Explain what leads to the "tip of the tongue" phenomenon.
Read Check your Understanding

Tuesday, February 4

AIM: How does memory support us?

RETURN & REVIEW QUIZ

CH7HW5: Read pp. 252-256 plus notes: PRACTICE/ PRACTICE / PRACTICE

1. Provide a personal experience or example of each of the following terms:

Explicit Memory (declarative)
Autobiographical Memory/ Episodic Memory
Flashbulb Memory
Semantic Memory
Implicit Memory (nondeclarative)
Procedural Memory
State Dependent Memory
Prospective Memory
Habits (Classically Conditioned Memories)

2. Give an example from one of your classes where you have used encoding specificity. Present an argument how your final exam rooms should take into consideration encoding specificity.

3. Moods magnify our memories! Describe how your mood has impacted on how you relate to a friend or member of your family in what your remember about an event.

4. Why is priming considered "memoryless" memory?

5. Create a way you can "prime" a teacher or a classmate to arrive at an answer?

6. How does Baddeley's model of working memory change Atkinson and Shiffrin's short term memory model?

7. Create an example where you would use the visual sketchpad in working memory.

8. Create an example where you would use the phonological loop in working memory.

9. How is today's homework assignment different than last night's assignment.

10. Explain how this connects to what you have learned about rehearsal and storage in memory.

Aim: How can memory fail us?

CH7HW6:

7 Sins of Memory identified by Daniel Schachter

1. Identify each of the 7 sin sins of memory and for each one

Define the terms associated with the sins
Identify the cause of forgetting
Give an example other than the ones mentioned in the textbook

2. Create an acronym to help you remember the 7 Sins of Memory

Why eyewitnesses get it wrongScott Fraser studies how humans remember crimes -- and bear witness to them. In this powerful talk, which focuses on a deadly shooting at sunset, he suggests that even close-up eyewitnesses to a crime can create "memories" they could not have seen. Why? Because the brain abhors a vacuum. Editor's note: In the original version of this talk, Scott Fraser misspoke about available footage of Two World Trade Center (Tower 2). The misstatement has been edited out for clarity.

EXTRA CREDIT - THIS WOULD BE DUE NEXT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Watch TED Talk above with Scot Fraser

Why is memory so malleable as illustrated in the talk?
What did you learn about what can go wrong in the 3 stage model of memory in this video?
Why do you think is it so important that the judicial system recognize and understand the science behind memory ?

Thursday, February 6

Aim: What are the 7 sins of memory?

TEST ON MEMORY MONDAY

FRQ DUE TOMORROW

Michael is your best friend and he is very upset at the moment. He is having a very difficult discussion with his mom because he lost her paycheck and she cannot pay her bills now.

SCENARIO: Earlier that morning, before he jumped in the shower his mom asked him to deposit her check at the bank. When she had asked him to go to the bank, she had interrupted his work flow. Michael had been working on his term paper that was due later on in the afternoon for his English class at the university. After he finished his rough draft , he stopped at Starbucks, picked up a triple espresso, and went to the park to walk his dog Max. When he returned home he looked at his phone and saw his mom's message on Remind. He realized he had not stopped at the bank so he jumped in the car and took off for the bank. When he got to the teller to deposit the check, he realized he lost the check.

Based on what you know about the 7 sins of memory,

1a. Why do you think Michael lost the check?

1 b. Identify AT LEAST three sins of memory which may have contributed to Michael losing his mom’s paycheck. Explain each one.

2a. Give an example of how Michael's three sins could impact on how you forget to do something?

REVIEW SHEET

Memory pt 2

7 sins of memory

Monday, February 10

TEST ON MEMORY

CH7HW 7: Read text pp. pp. 267-270

Explain the difference between a phoneme and a morpheme.
What role does grammar, syntax and semantics play in language?
There are three stages of language development according to the experts following the babbling stage:
Holophrase, Two Word and Telegraphic Stage - Explain the age and change that takes place during each
Explain over-regularization.
Explain Noam Chomsky's Language Acquisition Theory
What is the "Critical Period"?

Tuesday, February 11

Aim: What strategies do we use to solve problems?

HW: CH7HW8: Read pp.279-289

1. What abilities do good thinkers possess?

2. Explain two types of strategies that are useful in solving problems

3. What is the difference between an algorithm and a heuristic?

4. Identify three useful heuristics you could use to solve a problem.

5. Identify why a mental set, functional fixedness and self imposed limitations inhibit our ability to solve a problem

6. Share an example of how one of these obstacles hindered your ability to resolve a problem

7. How do the following biases influence your problem solving strategies?

Confirmation Bias

Hindsight Bias

Anchoring Bias

Representative Bias

Availability Bias

8. How does one become a creative genius?

Wednesday, February 12

Aim: How do problem solving skills illustrate cognition ?

HW: CLICK ON LINK CH7HW

Explain Benjamin Whorf's Linguistic Theory. Why is there criticism?
Define metacognition
Identify and explain the steps we use to solve problems
When is trial and error a good strategy to solve a problem?
What is the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning?
Identify and explain obstacles to problem solving
What is the dIfference between normative and descriptive studies?
Identify and explain the difference between availability heuristics and representative heuristics.
How does framing impact on decision making?
Identify and explain different type of bias.
What is the difference between convergent and divergent thinkers?

Thursday, February 13

Aim: What is Metacognition?

HW: CH7HW9: READ TEXT BOOK PP. 271-279

Understand the difference between concepts - natural and artificial
Explain concept hierarchies
What is the difference between intuition and logic?
Explain cognitive and or mental mapping and what the impact of culture has on cognitive mapping.
Where does thinking reside in the brain?
Explain an event - related potential
How do schemas impact on thinking?
What are scripts? What role does culture play and why why scripts conflict?

Friday, February 14

Complete FRQ (quiz) - Will be collected on Monday, 2/ 24 - TEST ON COGNITION MONDAY

Activities that are normally very easy in your own city suddenly become more difficult when you travel to a foreign country. How do tourists use the following strategies to navigate the city to find a museum without using their smart devices or hailing a cab/uber etc...?

Task: Get to the City's Art Museum

1. What Concepts would be important in reaching your destination? List at least 5

2. What thinking strategies would you employ?

3. How would you get to the museum using a heuristic?

4. How would you get to the museum using an algorithm?

5. Why would trial and error be difficult if you only have three hours to visit?

6. How would understanding the foreign language be important?

7. What role would knowledge of grammar (syntax and semantics) play?