L9: Memory II

This module reviews memory research beyond the 1960s, including a focus on tasks, phenomena, and principles of memory.

Goals

  • Discuss different ways of measuring memory and their challenges
  • Introduce a wide variety of memory phenomena
  • Discuss broad memory principles

Instructions

Work through each of the following Read, View/Watch/listen, and Engage sections. You have the full week to complete any quizzes or assignments for this module. ## Read

60 minutes

Textbook Chapter: Memory II

Memory research beyond the 1960s, including a focus on tasks, phenomena, and principles of memory.

Read

View/Watch/Listen

There are two sets of slides for this module.

Lecture 1


L9: Slides 1

Lecture 2

L9: Slides 1

Engage

When you are ready complete any or all of the following assignments.

  1. QUIZ: Complete the L9: Memory II quiz (on Canvas)
  2. WRITING: There are reading/writing assignments to choose from (instructions below, submit on Canvas).
  3. REFLECT: Submit a meme for the Memer of the Semester contest on Canvas (1 extra credit point for winner at the end of the semester)

Submit your work before the due date posted on Canvas. Then, move on to the next learning module.


Writing Option 1: Why do our memories fail us? React to a podcast

This learning module reviewed several memory phenomena and principles. In this assignment, you will explore why and how we falter with memories. You will listen to the Hidden Brain podcast episode, Did That Really Happen? How Our Memories Betray Us.

In at least 250 words, your assignment is to react to the discussion in the podcast.

Writing Option 2: Writing a QALMRI

In this assignment, you will write a 250-word QALMRI for the following article:

  • Roediger, H. L., & McDermott, K. B. (1995). Creating false memories: Remembering words not presented in lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21(4), 803.

Writing Option 3: Answer two short-answer questions

Answer the following questions:

  • Describe the generation effect and at least one study that provided evidence for this effect. Your description of the study should include specific details about the independent & dependent variable(s), as well as key findings and inferences.
  • Describe a hit and a correct rejection using a real-world example. You can use the signal-to-noise table to explain your example.