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.
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
Monday, February 3
Aim: How does memory work in the brain?
QUIZ
CH7HW4 Read pp. 252-256
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:
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
2. Create an acronym to help you remember the 7 Sins of Memory
EXTRA CREDIT - THIS WOULD BE DUE NEXT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10
Watch TED Talk above with Scot Fraser
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?
Monday, February 10
TEST ON MEMORY
CH7HW 7: Read text pp. pp. 267-270
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?
Aim: How do problem solving skills illustrate cognition ?
Thursday, February 13
Aim: What is Metacognition?
HW: CH7HW9: READ TEXT BOOK PP. 271-279
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?
TEST ON MONDAY, 2/24 - ON COGNITION AND A 12 QUESTIONS ON MEMORY
COGNITION, LANGUAGE AND PROBLEM SOLVING
NEW ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF 24TH WILL BE POSTED ON TUESDAY 2/18
Of Mice and Memory - I told you coffee is the elixir of life!!!
PSYCH SIMS - do tests for both -