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Memory

Memory. See if you can remember this:. 76512. 830956. 7459271. 88325813. 447143563. . . 4765439679. . . . . Draw the image on a loonie from memory. Can you remember the names of all your teachers from grade school?. What is Memory?.

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Memory

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  1. Memory

  2. See if you can remember this: 76512 830956 7459271 88325813 447143563 . . 4765439679 . . . .

  3. Draw the image on aloonie from memory

  4. Can you remember the names of all your teachers from grade school?

  5. What is Memory? • The capacity to acquire, retain, and recall knowledge and skills • Episodic memory: remembering things from the past • Semantic memory: knowledge of how the world works • Procedural memory: knowing how to do things

  6. 3 Levels of Memory • Sensory Memory • Based on 5 senses • Only recorded for a few seconds – once you’ve recorded the necessary information, the sensory memory fades • Examples: • Taste of sandwich in your mouth • Sight of a squirrel crossing the road • Feel of chair against your back

  7. 3 Levels of Memory • Short-term memory • What’s going on in your conscious mind right now • Holds information for 15-20 seconds • Most people can remember about 7 separate, unorganized items in short term memory • Can work with more if you organize it into groups • Example: someone tells you their phone number and you punch it into your cell phone

  8. 3 Levels of Memory • Long-term Memory • Which is easier to remember, the name of a friend, or the name of the waiter at the last restaurant you dined at? • If it’s important to you, you’ll remember it • Long-term memory is unlimited, but we not always be able to recall the information

  9. 3 Levels of Memory • Tricks to improving your long term memory? • Ascribe personal meaning • Mnemonic device • Recall items regularly • Organization

  10. Can you remember the following? J FKFB INAS AOP PI RSC IA JFK FBI NASA OPP IRS CIA .

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