1. Draw a Penny

2. A Walk Down Memory Lane
Write a few lines about your most powerful personal memory (How old were you, what happened, what did you see, touch, hear, smell, etc.).
Write out the ABC’s.
Explain the steps of a procedure (throwing a ball, making a cake, etc.).

3. Episodic Memory Memory of a specific event.
Events that are so significant; flashbulb memory.
Took place in your presence or you experienced it.
Distinctiveness/powerful feelings/places, events.

4. Semantic (Generic) Memory
General knowledge that you remember (usually don’t remember when you acquired it).
What you learned in school becomes part of your generic memory.
Who was the 16th president?
What liquid makes a car run?
What is your address?
What are the three colors of the American flag?

5. Implicit (Procedural) Memory
Consists of skills or procedures you have learned.
Once a skill has been learned, it usually stays with us for many years (or a lifetime).
Riding a bike
Throwing a ball
Typing
Playing an instrument

6. The Three Processes of Memory
The mind is very much like a computer. Both have the same functions:
Encode
Store
Retrieve

7. Encoding Memories OTTFFSSENT
Transfer information from the senses (physical form) to psychological formats that can be mentally represented.
Visual Codes - see in the mind as a picture
Acoustic Codes – records letters as series of sounds
Semantic Codes – relating to meaning - mneumonics

8. Storing Memories Maintenance of information over a period of time
Strategies for Storage
Maintenance Rehearsal
Repeating over and over
Poor method
Elaborative Rehearsal
Make new information relate to prior knowledge
Organizational Systems
File cabinet
Expands as new information is added

9. Retrieving Memories
Locating stored information and return it to conscious thought
OTTFFSSENT (as a phrase or semantic)
Context-Dependent Memory
Context of memory is the situation in which the person first had the experience
Meeting a student in the supermarket
Memorizing in different places
State-Dependent Memory
People will remember better when they are in the state of mind in which the memory was first made.
Flooded with similar memories from the same emotional state