Journal #1 Jan. 6 or 7, 2015 Make sure your answer is completed in at least 4-5 complete sentences. Citing information from the Exploratorium, What is human memory? How is human memory used? What is something interesting you found about memory?

Memory/Cognition Essential Topics Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of memory (e .g ., short-term memory, procedural memory) Compare and contrast various cognitive processes: — effortful versus automatic processing; — deep versus shallow processing; — focused versus divided attention 3. Outline the principles that underlie effective encoding, storage, and construction of memories 4. Describe strategies for memory improvement 5. Identify key contributors in cognitive psychology (e .g ., Noam Chomsky, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Wolfgang Köhler, Elizabeth Loftus, George A . Miller)

Journal #2 Jan. 9/12, 2015 What strategies do you use to improve your memory? What strategies do you use in school to aid memory? What strategies are more useful than others? Why? Why is memory described as an active system?

Journal #3 Jan. 14, 2015 Think about the past couple hours (since you have been awake). When have you used your long term memory? Please differentiate between procedural and declarative/semantic?

Journal #4 Jan. 14 and 15, 2014 How can our short term memories be disrupted? What does this have to do with memory efficiency? How can we avoid our memories being disrupted using what we just discussed?

Journal #5 Jan. 20th or 21st, 2015 Are you good at remembering faces and names? What type of people are you better at remembering? Misinformation Effect Examples

Journal #5 Jan. 22 or 23, 2015 Have you ever experienced the tip of the tongue sensation? What do you think causes this phenomenon? Do you think this is a problem with recall or storage? Is it a procedural or semantic memory? What role does sleep play in memory?

Journal #6 Jan. 26/27, 2015 Roger is at a wedding reception where he has been introduced to over 50 guests whom he has never met. He would like to remember as many names as possible. Describe the role that sensory storage, short-term memory, and long-term memory play for Roger in this situation. Analyze what is happening in terms of the three stages of the information processing model of memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval. Finally, identify strategies Roger might use to improve his ability to remember names.

Journal #8 Jan. 28 or 29, 2015 Using the video, please respond to the following questions; Choose 3 of the “Top 10 things about Memory” and give an example from your life. We will be having a test in 2 block, be prepared to turn in all journals next block.

Journal #6 Jan. 28nd and 29th Short-term memories have specific areas of the brain where they are stored while long-term memory is stored in multiple places in the brain. Why do you think this is? Do you have any examples to support your reasoning? What role do you think sleep plays? Think in and out of school.

Journal #7 Jan. 31st If you could have an exceptional memory, one where you don’t forget anything you see or experience, would you do it? Why/why not?

Journal #7 Jan. 31st Do you trust your memory? What factors do you think change can change our memories?