PPT-Forgetting and Memory Construction

Forgetting Inability to retrieve information due to poor encoding storage or retrieval WHY DO I HAVE THIS STRING ON MY FINGER I cant remember but it must be something important Encoding Failure. Avg Access Time 2 Tokens Number of Controllers Average Access Time clock cyles brPage 16br Number of Tokens vs Avg Access Time 9 Controllers Number of Tokens Average Access Time clock cycles brPage 17br brPage 18br Memory and its Parts. Unit . 7. AP Psychology. Ms. Fahey. Memory. Memory: A system that encodes, stores and retrieves information.. . While we are learning more about memory every day, psychologists still are unsure exactly what parts of the brain are involved and where it is all stored.. Of course, there’s a lot of overlap between studies on. remember and studies on forgetting. Go through. all of these slides on the class website homepage and write. down at least 3 things you didn’t already know about. Explanations for Forgetting. Interference. An explanation for forgetting in terms of one memory disrupting the ability to recall another. This is most likely to occur when the two memories have some similarities. September . 17, 2009. Major Historical Landmarks. Basic Phenomena. Hermann . Ebbinghaus. ’ “. Uber. das . Gedächtniss. ” (1885):. first major treatise on empirical study of memory. Bartlett (1932):. Why do we forget??. Three . main reasons. :. Encoding . Failure. Storage Failure. Retrieval Failure. 2. Amnesia. Retrograde Amnesia: . The loss of information preceding a specific event in time or the onset of brain damage.. September . 17, 2009. Types of Memory. (semantic). (episodic). Major Historical Landmarks. Basic Phenomena. Hermann . Ebbinghaus. ’ “. Uber. das . Gedächtniss. ” (1885):. first major treatise on empirical study of memory. Memory systems. Memory tasks. Terms. The Brain. Forgetting. Improving memory. The Three Processes of Memory. Encoding. Storage. Retrieval. (TOT). The Three Memory Systems. 1.Sensory memory . (1)How does information get . into. memory?. (2)How is information . maintained. in memory?. (3)How is information . pulled back out. of memory. ?. encoding. . (getting information in), . storage. Memory Agree or Disagree? “To constantly remember everything all the time, would probably be worse than remembering nothing at all.” William James (c1890) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHeEQ85m79I Keyboard. (Encoding). Disk. (Storage). Monitor. (Retrieval. Sequential Process. Studying memory. Memory. Persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information. How Does Your Memory Work? Video Questions. 1. What part of your brain springs to action when your memory “network” is activated? . 2. Describe these 3 major functions of memory as described in the video: . Ebbinghaus. forgetting curve. Theories of forgetting. Decay Theory. Theory of Interference. Retrieval Theory. Theory of Inhibition. Motivated Forgetting. Decay theory. Memories leave a trace in the brain.. interference. In pairs, write a definition On mini white boards and then explain it to your partner. one does a and the other b.. A: Interference theory. B: Retrieval failure. A: Pro-active interference.