Memory & Thought

HOT ROC

Describe your oldest memoryExplain

Describe the “stranger” who came in the room in as much detail as possible

How does this relate to memory?

Memory Game

Look at the items for two minutesAfter 2 minutes- write down as many

items as you can rememberDiscuss as a class

The processes of memory

Stages of Memory

Activity Time!!

In the next few slides you will be presented with various numbers and letters.

Stare at the letters and numbers. Once they have disappeared, you will attempt to reproduce what you saw.

RTHGNOLVQWPORJKS

GFH NKO WAQ JLK VCC PXLHDT LMK QSZ LJU

RAT DEW MIL POP ZOO MOMPAL WAS LOG NOW

PED FYU LON VEW ALU NIR SOP KLO REL KIX

787156234580982164759

877 908 312 786192 097 754 554364 232

My cat thought that my clothes basket was its

litter box, and he had a big old nasty accident.

Understanding Chunking

What groups were you able to remember?

Why?

New Activity!

Discussion

Write down as many items as you can remember

Did the misspellings hinder your memory ability?

How does this relate to the primacy-recency effect?

Retrieving Information

“Forgetting is as important as remembering… If we remembered everything, we should be as ill off as if we remembered nothing. It would take as long for us to recall a space of time as it took the original time to elapse, and we should never get ahead with our thinking.”- William James

Skits!

In a group, you will create skits to demonstrate the assigned memory retrieval or forgetting technique (pgs 282-286)

Include proper terminology

3-5 minutes in length Be creative, engaging,

and entertaining! Visuals are allowed

Topics: Recognition Reconstructive memory Confabulation Eidetic memory State-Dependent

Learning Relearning Decay Interference Amnesia