January 11, 2018

Thursday January 11, 2018

Circle: What is your earliest memory as a child?

Semantic Encoding Activity 18-5

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 1/11 255-265

Due 1/16 265-278

Due 1/18 278-294

Due 1/22 298-302

Due 1/24 303-312

Due 1/26 313-322

1/26 *Note cards due!*

1/30 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  (1/26).  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