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MEMORY: - Levels and Types of Memory, Case Studies

MEMORY: - Levels and Types of Memory, Case Studies. Memory is the capacity to acquire, retain and recall knowledge and skills. . Humans have 3 different types of memory and 4 levels of memory:. Types of Memory Episodic Memory Ability to remember events from the past Semantic Memory

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MEMORY: - Levels and Types of Memory, Case Studies

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  1. MEMORY:- Levels and Types of Memory, Case Studies Memory is the capacity to acquire, retain and recall knowledge and skills.

  2. Humans have 3 different types of memory and 4 levels of memory: Types of Memory • Episodic Memory • Ability to remember events from the past • Semantic Memory • Knowledge of how the world works • Procedural Memory • How to accomplish things • Examples???

  3. Levels of Memory: • 1) Sensory Memory • Receives information from the environment through each of the senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. • Enables you to hold information long enough to record what is necessary from the environment • Allows you to select what you think should be retained from all the sensory information you are receiving.

  4. Levels of Memory: • 2) Working Memory • Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension.

  5. Levels of Memory: • 3) Short-Term Memory • The retention of information for short periods of time (in your conscious mind) • Holds information up to 15 to 20 seconds. • If you pay attention to the information it may be stored in long term memory, if not, it may discarded. • Can store up to seven separate, unorganized items. EX: phone numbers. • The most common way to store information is by sound or as a mental picture.

  6. Levels of Memory: • 4) Long-Term Memory • The retention of information for long periods of time (in your conscious & unconscious mind) • Items that are important and have meaning are stored in LTM • We can retain as much info as we want for as long as we want, but we may not always recall everything • LTM memories are easier to access if they are recalled regularly, organized and relate to other information.

  7. Einstein's Riddle: • This is the story behind Einstein's riddle: Albert Einstein supposedly created it in the late 1800s, and it is also said that he claimed 98% of the world population couldn't find a solution. In reality, it isn't that difficult, and I am not sure of the true origin, but I have seen this one floating around the internet, and it is a good brain exercise, so here it is:

  8. - On a street there are five houses, painted five different colors. • - In each house lives a person of a different nationality. • - These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet. • Einstein's riddle is: Who owns the fish?

  9. Necessary clues: • 1. The British man lives in a red house. • 2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets. • 3. The Danish man drinks tea. • 4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house. • 5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee. • 6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. • 7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill. • 8. The man living in the center house drinks milk. • 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. • 10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. • 11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill. • 12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. • 13. The German smokes Prince. • 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. • 15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.

  10. Where Did I Put ... My Memory? • http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2010/memory/ • Synopsis of Documentary: • Memory loss is the second greatest health fear for Canadians, after cancer. And memory loss is a growing epidemic, as we live longer, our brains age, and we have more and more information to forget. Throw in the information overload from new technologies. The result: T.M.I. – Too Much Information! No wonder we have “brain cramps” and forget things. Are we all doomed to lose our minds? Or are there ways to keep our memories - and even make them better? If you can lose your memory, can you find it?

  11. Poverty and Memory Article: • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/poverty-may-affect-memory/article978688/ • What is the main argument of this article – based on psychological research? • Develop a research question for this topic? – independent variable and dependent variable • What areas of the brain are most impacted by poverty according to this study? • Explain the social factors related to poverty as mentioned in the article that can impact memory.

  12. Aptitude Test • http://cdn.forces.ca/_PDF2010/preparing_for_aptitude_test_en.pdf

  13. Short Term Memory Test • http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/stm0.html • http://www.intelligencetest.com/stmemory/games/index.htm

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