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Chapter 10.2 Memory & Thought: Retrieving Information

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

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Chapter 10.2 Memory & Thought: Retrieving Information

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  1. Chapter 10.2Memory & 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 • 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. 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 • 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? • 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”

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