Troubleshooting Critical Thinking and Retention

A lot of this has been stolen fromNick Schmitt

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Try this

See how easy it is to forget very simple things.

A good way to try to troubleshoot and think about technical issues is: The Scientific Method

– The orderly, systematic procedures researchers follow as they identify a research problem, design a study to investigate the problem, collect and analyze data, draw conclusions, and communicate their findings

You have mentally granted someone power over part of your life, and it now feels as though this person is ruling your every move. Though you are performing for this person's approval, you are still free.

Though you consider yourself to be a practical sort, someone brings out your sensual side. Involve yourself with Sagittarius and then stand back and be amazed by the way Sagittarius energizes your talents.

There's a sort of magic trick to pull off, and you do it brilliantly -- if you prepare. As in all magic, the preparation is essential, as is knowing your audience.

In your attempts to make everyone happy, you may lose sight of one extremely important detail: Your life is precious too. Take a wild and memorable action to drive the point home.

Your charm is undeniable, and you know just whom to direct it toward now. Take advantage of your chance to make an impression.

Life is your classroom, and you are an excellent student now as your powers of observation are magnified by the planets. Even your teachers will learn from the questions that you ask.

In some ways you're still paying your dues. But soon the changing of an old guard will leave you in charge. Tonight, you make wise decisions based on nothing but heart.

Financial success and social savvy are intrinsically linked. People won't hand you a sweet opportunity just because they like you. Though, if you are qualified and they like you, the opportunity is yours.

You see a shortcut to getting what you want, but consider deeply whether this route would be as fulfilling. Success is sweetest when it is earned.

There's nothing that gets your goat more than incompetence. Someone isn't doing a job right, and it's affecting you. When you accept this person's inability to perform and lower your expectations, the problem goes away.

Put the most time into the relationship that is most important to you. When your personal life is strong, your finances and career fall into place.

You're aching to get training in a certain area, but the price for this has been unaffordable. Finally this changes.

Find your horoscope

Holiday Mathis writes her column for Creators Syndicate Inc. The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment. http://www.latimes.com/features/horoscopes/

Can horoscopes be helpful to some people?

What is the potential risk of believing horoscopes? Or simply find best solution to problem and immediately try to solve it without processing the info. We are all guilty of this.

What ever happened to Ms. Cleo?

What role does hit or miss troubleshooting opposed to actual planning and critical thinking when it comes to troubleshooting?

Evaluating Research / Information• Are research claims always accurate?• Critical Thinking

– To objectively evaluate claims, propositions, and conclusions to determine whether they follow logically from the evidence presented.

• Independent Thinking: Do we automatically accept and believe what we read or hear?

• Suspension of Judgment: Gathering relevant and up-to-date information on all sides of an issue.

• Willingness to modify or abandon prior judgments: Evaluating new evidence, even when it contradicts preexisting beliefs.

• How do the above relate to your life?• Media reports, infomercials, parents, peers, religion, etc.

Test YourselfWhich image on the right

corresponds with each item below?

• 1. Hearing words• 2. Saying words• 3. Thinking about words• 4. Reading words

• What areas of the cortex would you use play poker?

A

D

C

B

How is your encoding?Have you ever finished reading a page in a book and had no idea what you just read? Why does that happen?Could you identify something you’ve seen a thousand times?

Short-Term Memory• Holds approximately 7 (+ or – 2) chunks of information

-Chunking-When have you used chunking?

-Displacement-When have you experienced displacement?

• Stored less than 30 seconds– Rehearsal – Elaborative Rehearsal

3 – 4 – 8 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 5 N-F L-C-B S-U-S A-V-C R-F-B-I HOMES

Let’s test your short-term memory capacity

In a short time, I will begin reading a list of 24 words. You should each have a handout with instructions to follow. Do not pay attention to you neighbor, for s/he has different instructions. Regardless of the instructions you received, no one should be writing the words that I read. If that is not clear, please ask for clarification now.

I will read the words at a pace of about one word per three seconds.

Levels-of-processing theory► A single memory system► Encoding based on the meaning of information

Emphasizes the degree to which new material is mentally analyzed

Shallow analysis: passive learning, rehearsal Deep analysis: active learning, elaborative

rehearsal Long-term retention and comprehension

In a short time, I will present a list of words to you on this screen. Your task is to read each word to yourself at a pace of about one word per second. When you have finishing reading through the entire list, look down at your paper and write as many of the words down as you can.

DO NOT look back up at the screen after you are finished reading through the list of words.

Bed Awake Dream SnoozeNap Snore Rest TiredWake Doze Yawn Slumber

How did you do?

Distortion in Memory Occurs when we alter the memory of an

event or experience in order to fit our beliefs, expectations, logic, prejudices, etc.

This is not something we do purposefully How does this occur in real life?

• Sensory adaptation– An adjustment in sensory

capacity following prolonged exposure to stimuli

– Receptor cells respond best to changes in stimulation.

– How have you experienced sensory adaption?