Memory

http://www.acusd.edu/~taylor/stm.html

1  What is one everyday use for Long term memory ?  Short term memory ?

2  What is necessary to retain items in the STM

3  Define;

primacy effect

recency effect

4  Describe the characteristics of short term memory

 http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dbriihl/intro6anotes.html

5  Describe 4 theories to explain why we forget

6  What are three strategies for overcoming forgetting

Demonstrations:

Short term memory:     http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/stm0.html

Chunking:   http://dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch07/chunking.mhtml

Digit span :    http://dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch07/digitspan.mhtml