1. Chapter 10.2 Memory & Thought: Retrieving Information
Mr. McCormick
Psychology

2. Do-Now: (Discussion)
Have you ever temporarily forgotten something and needed to “trace your steps” to remember it?
What did you forget?
How did you remember it?
Why do you think this occurs?

3. State-Dependent Learning
Occurs when a person recalls information more easily when in the same physiological/emotional state or setting as he/she was when originally encoding the information
E.g. performing better on a test in the same classroom where he/she learns the information

4. State-Dependent Learning
Provide an example of
State-Dependent Learning.

5. Forgetting Forgetting:
Occurs when an individual is unable to retrieve information that was once in one’s long-term memory
Occurs as a result of:
Decay
Interference
Repression

6. Can you attribute it to:
Forgetting
What is something that you may have forgotten? Why have you forgotten this?
Can you attribute it to:
Decay
Interference
Repression

7. Elaborative Rehearsal
The linking of new information to material that is already known

8. Elaborative Rehearsal
Why is it easier to remember
things if we make associations with information we already know?

9. Review What is state-dependent learning? What is forgetting?
Why do you think this occurs?
What is forgetting?
What are some reasons why people forget things?
What is elaborative rehearsal?
Provide one example of elaborative rehearsal.

10. Homework Complete Case Study # 10 “Eye Witness Testimony”
Study for Test:
Chapter 9: “Learning: Principles and Applications”
Chapter 10: “Memory and Thought”