1. Unit 3 Psychology Chapter 7 Forgetting Edwina Ricci

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Memory Game

6. CONCEPT 1/7 – Forgetting and the forgetting curve

7. CONCEPT 2/7 – Measures of retention

8. CONCEPT 3/7 – Retrieval Cues

9. CONCEPT 4/7 – Retrieval failure theory and TOT

10. CONCEPT 5/7 – Interference theory

11. Video Jacplus: Interference Theory

12. CONCEPT 6/7 – Motivated forgetting

13. CONCEPT 7/7 – Decay theory

14. DOT POINT SUMMARY #3

15. Unit 3 Psychology Chapter 8 Improving memory Edwina Ricci

16. Area Study 2 – Memory TOPICS 1.Neural basis of memory 2.Models of memory 3.Theories of forgetting 4.Manipulation and improvement of memory

17. 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

18. 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

19. CONCEPT 1/5 – Mnemonic devices

20. CONCEPT 2/5 – Acronyms, acrostics and narrative chaining

21. CONCEPT 3/5 – Peg-word method and method of loci

22. CONCEPT 4/5 – Reconstructive nature of memory

23. CONCEPT 5/5 – Loftus research on leading questions and eyewitness testimony

24. JacPlus: Elizabeth Loftus lecture

25. DOT POINT SUMMARY #4