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Unit 3 Psychology Chapter 7 F orgetting Edwina Ricci . Area Study 2 – Memory. TOPICS Neural basis of memory Comparison of models for explaining human memory Theories of forgetting – strengths and limitations Manipulation and improvement of memory. TOPIC 3/ 4 – Theories of forgetting.
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Area Study 2 – Memory TOPICS • Neural basis of memory • Comparison of models for explaininghuman memory • Theories of forgetting – strengths and limitations • Manipulation and improvement of memory
TOPIC 3/4 – Theories of forgetting CONCEPTS • Forgetting and the forgetting curve • Measures of retention • Retrieval Cues • Retrieval failure theory and TOT • Interference Theory • Motivated forgetting • Decay theory
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 Introduction to Forgetting – Overview videos
Video Jacplus: Interference Theory • CONCEPT5/7– Interference theory
Area Study 2 – Memory TOPICS • Neural basis of memory • Models of memory • Theories of forgetting • Manipulation and improvement of memory
TOPIC 4/4 – Manipulation and improvement of memory CONCEPTS • Mnemonic devices • Acronyms, acrostics and narrative chaining • Peg-word method and method of loci • Reconstructive nature of memory • Loftus research on leading questions and eyewitness testimony
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
CONCEPT 5/5– Loftus research on leading questions and eyewitness testimony
JacPlus: Elizabeth Loftus lecture • CONCEPT 5/5– Loftus research on leading questions and eyewitness testimony