-Reviewed the 3 box model of memory
-Retook the quiz on Memory
-Did a jigsaw activity about how we remember things and how we for get things.
Here is a video of me explaining the 3 box model for you to review. If you are still struggling with this, watch it a few times.
Make sure you keep up on your reading: You should be up to page 120 in Housekeeper and the professor by Friday
A copy of the notes from class today, make sure you have thoughts in the right column for each row:
Proactive and Retroactive Interference
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What is it?
Forgetting that occurs when recently learned material interferes with
the ability to remember similar material stored
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
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Cue dependant Forgetting
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What is it?
The inability to retrieve information stored in memory because of
insufficient cue for recall
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
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State- dependant forgetting
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What is it?
The tendency to remember something when the rememberer is in the same physical or mental state as
during the original learning experience
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
Smell oranges when studying, then drink OJ before the test
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Psychogenic and traumatic Amnesia
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What is it?
The partial or complete loss of memory for important personal
information
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
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Automatic vs. Effortful Encoding
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What is it?
Turning things we hear and see into images and ideas in our mind
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
Effortful encoding is also known as STUDYING
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Mnemonics
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What is it?
Strategies and tricks for improving memory, such as a verse of
formula
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
Make up songs or abbreviations to make information more manageable-
PEMDAS
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Maintenance vs. Elaborative Rehearsal
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What is it?
Maintenance- Rote repetition of material in order to maintain its
availability in memory
Elaborative-Association of new information with already stored
knowledge
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
When note taking, try to connect to previous material
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Deep Processing
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What is it?
In the encoding of information, the processing of meaning rather than
simply the physical or sensory features of a stimulus
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
Try to break down words to their parts and what each part means
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Decay Theory
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What is it?
The theory that information in memory eventually disappears if it is
not accessed, it applies more to short-term than long term memory
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How can we use it to improve our memory?
Repeat important information in your mind or on paper often
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