Unit 3 Psychology Chapter 7 Forgetting Edwina Ricci
Area Study 2 – Memory TOPICS 1.Neural basis of memory 2.Comparison of models for explaining human memory 3.Theories of forgetting – strengths and limitations 4.Manipulation and improvement of memory
TOPIC 3/4 – Theories of forgetting CONCEPTS 1. Forgetting and the forgetting curve 2. Measures of retention 3. Retrieval Cues 4. Retrieval failure theory and TOT 5. Interference Theory 6. Motivated forgetting 7. Decay theory
Introduction to Forgetting – Overview videos Dot Point #3: Strengths and limitations of psychological theories of forgetting retrieval failure theory including tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon interference theory motivated forgetting as informed by the work of Sigmund Freud including repression and suppression decay theory
Memory Game
CONCEPT 1/7 – Forgetting and the forgetting curve
CONCEPT 2/7 – Measures of retention
CONCEPT 3/7 – Retrieval Cues
CONCEPT 4/7 – Retrieval failure theory and TOT
CONCEPT 5/7 – Interference theory
Video Jacplus: Interference Theory
CONCEPT 6/7 – Motivated forgetting
CONCEPT 7/7 – Decay theory
DOT POINT SUMMARY #3
Unit 3 Psychology Chapter 8 Improving memory Edwina Ricci
Area Study 2 – Memory TOPICS 1.Neural basis of memory 2.Models of memory 3.Theories of forgetting 4.Manipulation and improvement of memory
TOPIC 4/4 – Manipulation and improvement of memory CONCEPTS 1. Mnemonic devices 2. Acronyms, acrostics and narrative chaining 3. Peg-word method and method of loci 4. Reconstructive nature of memory 5. Loftus research on leading questions and eyewitness testimony
Dot Point #4: manipulation and improvement of memory: forgetting curve as informed by the work of Hermann Ebbinghaus measures of retention including the relative sensitivity of recall, recognition and relearning use of context dependent cues and state dependent cues mnemonic devices including acronyms, acrostics, peg-word method, narrative chaining and method of loci effect of misleading questions on eyewitness testimonies including the reconstructive nature of memory informed by the work of Elizabeth Loftus
CONCEPT 1/5 – Mnemonic devices
CONCEPT 2/5 – Acronyms, acrostics and narrative chaining
CONCEPT 3/5 – Peg-word method and method of loci
CONCEPT 4/5 – Reconstructive nature of memory
CONCEPT 5/5 – Loftus research on leading questions and eyewitness testimony
JacPlus: Elizabeth Loftus lecture
DOT POINT SUMMARY #4