January 12, 2016

Thursday January 12, 2016

Circle: What did you do with your day off after you woke up?

Introduce Memory: "If you lose the ability to recall your old memories then you have no life. You might as well be a rutabaga or a cabbage." 

True-False Activity

What perspective???

Three basic steps in the information processing model: Encoding, storage and retrieval

Activities: Encoding

Encoding: Serial Positioning Effect in Recalling U.S. Presidents

Visually vs Auditorally Encoded Information 18-1

Meaning and Memory


Self-Referencing


Application Activity: Index Cards- Why is a self-reference important or drawing a picture?

Assigned Reading (70 pages): 

Pages to have read for class

Due 1/10 255-260

Due 1/11 260-265

Due 1/17 (266-277), (278-285), (285-292)

Due 1/18 293-297

Due 1/19 298-302

Due1/20 303-312

Due 1/23 313-319

1/25 319-322 *Note cards due!*

Test

Cognition Exam – 50 multiple choice questions

Cognition Exam – 1 FRQ

Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due  (1/25).  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

• Encoding
• Sensory memory
• Short-term memory
• Long-term memory
• Rehearsal
• Serial position effect
• Mnemonics
• Chunking
• Flashbulb memory
• Recall
• Recognition
• Proactive interference
• Retroactive interference
• Cognition
• Algorithm
• Heuristic
• Confirmation bias
• Mental set
• Functional fixedness
• Availability heuristic
• Phoneme
• Morpheme
• Telegraphic speech

FRQ Activity moved to January 17.  Tuesday January 17th we will be doing a technical writing workshop with Ms. Manchester.  We will be going over released Free-response questions and learning the process behind technical writing.