Chapter 7: Memory: Remembrance of Things Past and Future Lectures 10 11

1. Chapter 7: Memory: Remembrance of ThingsPast – and FutureLectures 10 & 11

2. Learning Outcomes Define memory and differentiate between types of memories. Explain the process of memory. Explain the stages of memory.

3. Learning Outcomes Identify contributors to forgetting. Describe the biological aspects of memory.

4. Truth or Fiction? A woman who could not remember who she was automatically dialed her mother’s number when the police gave her a telephone. If you can see, you have a photographic memory. Truth of Fiction? A woman who could not remember who she was automatically dialed her mother’s number when the police gave her a telephone. True. Truth or Fiction? If you can see, you have a photographic memory. True.Truth of Fiction? A woman who could not remember who she was automatically dialed her mother’s number when the police gave her a telephone. True. Truth or Fiction? If you can see, you have a photographic memory. True.

5. Truth or Fiction? Learning must be meaningful if we are to remember it. It may be easier for you to recall the name of your first-grade teacher than the name of someone you just met at a party. Truth or Fiction? Learning must be meaningful if we are to remember it. False. Truth or Fiction? It may be easier for you to recall the name of your first-grade teacher than the name of someone you just met at a party. True.Truth or Fiction? Learning must be meaningful if we are to remember it. False. Truth or Fiction? It may be easier for you to recall the name of your first-grade teacher than the name of someone you just met at a party. True.

6. Truth or Fiction? All of our experiences are permanently imprinted on the brain, so the proper stimulus can cause us to remember them exactly. You may always recall where you were and what you were doing on the morning of September 11, 2001. Truth or Fiction? All of our experiences are permanently imprinted on the brain, so the proper stimulus can cause us to remember them exactly. False. Fiction or Truth? You may always recall where you were and what you were doing on the morning of September 11, 2001. True. Truth or Fiction? All of our experiences are permanently imprinted on the brain, so the proper stimulus can cause us to remember them exactly. False. Fiction or Truth? You may always recall where you were and what you were doing on the morning of September 11, 2001. True.

7. Truth or Fiction? If you study with the stereo on, you would probably do better to take the test with the stereo on. Learning Spanish can make it harder to remember French – and vice versa. Truth or Fiction? If you study with the stereo on, you would probably do better to take the test with the stereo on. True. Truth or Fiction? Learning Spanish can make it harder to remember French – and vice versa. True.Truth or Fiction? If you study with the stereo on, you would probably do better to take the test with the stereo on. True. Truth or Fiction? Learning Spanish can make it harder to remember French – and vice versa. True.

8. Exercise Appearance Chestnut Patient Count the number of letters in those words Self Assessment: Five Challenges to Your Memory -- See text, page 142 for a series of memory challenges.Self Assessment: Five Challenges to Your Memory -- See text, page 142 for a series of memory challenges.

9. Exercise Last line: Examine the following drawings for 1 min. Then copy the names of the figures oh sheet of paper. Soon I’ll be asking you to draw those figures.Last line: Examine the following drawings for 1 min. Then copy the names of the figures oh sheet of paper. Soon I’ll be asking you to draw those figures.

10. Memory Systems Self Assessment: Five Challenges to Your Memory -- See text, page 142 for a series of memory challenges.Self Assessment: Five Challenges to Your Memory -- See text, page 142 for a series of memory challenges.

11. 1. Explicit Versus Implicit Memories Explicit memory – declarative memory Memory for specific information; that can be stated or declared Information can be autobiographical or general Implicit memory – nondeclarative memory Memory of how to perform a procedure or skill Skill memories

12. 2. Explicit (Declarative) Memory Episodic memory – autobiographical memory Memories of things that happen to us or take place in our presence Autobiographical memories “I remember….” Semantic memory General knowledge “I know …..”