MEMORY

JOURNAL ENTRY What is your very 1st memory? Explain in as much detail as possible. How old were you?

THINK BACK… What was common about everyone’s very first memory Why?

WHAT MEMORY IS! RECONSTRUCTIVE SOURCE AMNESIA MEMORY IS A ________________________ PROCESS. Complex information is altered to help us make sense of the material Can cause errors! ______________________: the inability to distinguish what you originally experienced from what you heard or were told about an event later SOURCE AMNESIA

SOURCE AMNESIA EXAMPLE) Mr. Keiper’s Surfing Adventure Spring Break 2005 – San Diego, California Several roommates and I went on a surfing trip

THIS IS HOW I REMEMBER IT

AND…

THIS IS HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED

AND, LATER THAT NIGHT AFTER HOURS OF PRACTICE…

Forget Forget Long Term Memory Pay Sensory Stimulus Attention! Retrieval Sensory Register Pay Attention! Stimulus Rehearsal Short Term Memory Forget Repetition Forget

SHORT-TERM MEMORY CAPACITY A. As much info. as can be repeated/rehearsed in about 2 seconds. B. 7 +/- 2 items Think about combinations that are 5-9 items long BUT WAIT!...

Short-Term Memory (Working Memory) Chunking ______________: grouping of info. into meaningful units for easier handling by the STM Memorize these letters in the next 10 seconds xfbicbsmtvcianbcx x fbi cbs mtv cia nbc x

Elaborative Rehearsal Long-Term Memory ► Part of memory that is basically permanent and corresponds to everything we “know” ► Info transferred from STM LTM by: Elaborative Rehearsal