FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Go over the AAQ you were assigned to write for today. Grade your own as we go over and see how you would have done.

• AAQ Cell Phone Study Scoring Rubric

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Define Memory. How is it measured?
• How do memory models help us study memory?
• Explain the difference between recall vs recognition tasks. Which one is easier? Why?

AGENDA:

• Start the Memory Unit! Think of ways you can use this unit to improve your own memory and studying abilities!
• Memory Concept Map - Print this if you want it.
  • Your alarm goes off this morning and you awaken to no memory. How would go about your day? What would change? Discuss with a neighbor.
  • The case of Clive Wearing: A Memory Case Study (12 min)
• Module 2.3: The 3 Stage Model and Working Memory PP Notes - (Virtual Lecture 0:00-8:20)
  • Recall vs Recognition

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read Module 2.4: Encoding Memories (pg. 2215-225). Complete notes using your Study Outline in Google Classroom. - Due WEDNESDAY.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Have you logged into your MyAP College Board Account so you can register for the exam? If not, you need to do so ASAP. Sign up/into your College Board AP Account:
  • If you are creating an account, use your personal email as your contact.
  • Follow these Instructions to join your AP Class Section
  • Use these Course Codes to join our class
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FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: How you Encode Matters! - Demo

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Explain the 3 stage model of memory and the 3 memory processes invovled in each.
• Describe how a computer is a good analogy for how the memory process works.
• Explain how Baddeley's model of Working Memory works.
• Explain the biological changes that take place in your brain when you form a memory.

AGENDA:

• Module 2.3: The 3 Stage Model and Working Memory PP Notes - (Virtual Lecture 8:20-END)
  • The 3 Processes of Memory - Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
  • The 3 Stages of Memory - Sensory, STM, LTM
  • Baddeley's Working Memory Demo
    • Close your eyes and count the number of windows in your house.
    • Now close your eyes and mentally count the words in the sentence I read to you.
    • In what ways did your counting differ? Why do you think there is a difference & how might this relate to the phonological loop & visuo-spacial sketchpad?
  • Describe the Nobel Prize winning experiment about a sea snail and explain what it shows about memory.
    • What does a Sea Snail Aplysia reveal the biological process of memory? (4 min) WATCH THIS! - Watch Eric Kandel's sea snail experiment showing how long term potentiation works.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read Module 2.4: Encoding Memories (pg. 215-225). Complete notes using your Study Outline in Google Classroom. - Due WEDNESDAY.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: How many of yesterday's encoding items do you remember today?

Consonants & Usefullness - a demonstration on the value of semantic encoding (in-class only)

• Memory & Meaningfulness.  What you remember depends on what you focus on and level of processing that you use to encode it.

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Explain the differences between explicit and implicit memories and give examples of each.
• Explain what type of info we process automatically vs effortfully.
• Explain how sensory memory works (Sperling's experiment).

AGENDA:

• Module 2.4: Encoding Memories Notes (Virtual Lecture - watch up to 24:24)
  • Sperling's Sensory Memory Test -Try Sperling’s Iconic Memory Test for yourself. Better understand how it worked by actually doing it.

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read Module 2.5: Storing Memories (pg. 226-231). Complete notes using your Study Outline in Google Classroom. - Due FRIDAY.
  

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Are Memory Champions Born or Made? Video - What can we learn from Memory Champions? - (8 min clip - start at 3:30 if pressed for time)

• Want to do the Memoriad yourself? Check out their website

LEARNING TARGETS:

• MODULE 2.4: ENCODING MEMORIES
  • Explain effortful process strategies that help us remember new info.
  • Explain how mnemonics, distributed practice, deep processing, and making new material personally meaningful aid memory.
  • What are some ways to improve memory?

AGENDA:

• Module 2.4: Encoding Memories Notes (Virtual Lecture 24:24 - END)
  • Types of Encoding
    • Distributed Practice vs. Mass Practice
    • Self-Reference Effect
    • Shallow vs. Deep Processing
  • MNEMONICS (MEMORY TRICKS):
    • With a Partner - Create a mnemonic to remember all of the different terms in Module 2.3 their meanings or how they work.
  • More Fun with Mnemonic Devices (Check these out on your own)
    • Using the Memory Palace technique to help you memorize anything - Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do TED Talk (20 min)
    • Memory Champion explains how he uses mnemonics - (5 min) - How the Method of Loci (Memory Palace) & Interactive Images mnemonics help a memory champion.
    • Amanda’s Mnemonics Page - has mnemonic hints for almost all of your various high school subjects and other interesting topics.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read Module 2.5: Storing Memories (pg. 226-231). Complete notes using your Study Outline in Google Classroom. - Due TOMORROW.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• STUDY your Memory Modules 2.3-2.5 for a QUIZ on MONDAY.
• Read & Take Notes on Module 2.6: Retrieving Memories (pg. 231-237). Complete notes using your Study Outline in Google Classroom. - Due MONDAY.

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: With a Partner - Create a mnemonic to remember some of the terms or brain parts from this Memory unit.

LEARNING TARGETS:

• MODULE 2.5: STORING MEMORIES
  • Explain long-term memory with regard to capacity and location.
  • Explain the roles of the frontal lobe and hippocampus in memory processing.
  • Explain the roles of the cerebellum and basal ganglia in memory processing.
  • Explain how emotions and our amygdala affect our memory processing.
  • What do case studies like HM and EP show us about how the brain works when encoding memories to LTM?

AGENDA:

• Module 2.5: Storage (Virtual Lecture)
  • Online Lecture Review of LTM (6 min)
  • Studies that show the brain's role in memory
  • Which parts of the brain are directly involved in memory and what types of memories do they effect?
  • Biology of Memory Videos:
    • The Study of H.M. - a quick overview (5 min) WATCH THIS!
    • Want to Learn More About the Amnesic Patient H.M.?
      • Listen to an NPR radio show about H.M. (13 min.)
    • How do we use amnesiacs like E.P. to learn about brain function? What do they show us about memory storage?
      • Hippocampus Damage and the Results on Memory - The Case of E.P. (7 min)
        • Read about the significance of E.P. & his brain to research

ASSIGNMENTS:

• STUDY your Memory Modules 2.3-2.5 for a QUIZ on MONDAY.
  • Practice using this Memory Practice Quiz (GHHS is the secret word)
• Read & Take Notes on Module 2.6: Retrieving Memories (pg. 231-237). Complete notes using your Study Outline in Google Classroom. - Due MONDAY.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read and take notes over Module 2.7: Forgetting & Other Memory Challenges (pg. 238-253) - WEDNESDAY.
• Want a quick review of this week's material?
  
  • Watch Crash Course #13  How We Make Memories
    • 0:00  Clive Wearing case study of amnesia
    • 1:45  Definition of Memory - Recall, Recognition, Relearning
    • 2:55  3 Stages of Memory - Sensory, Working, Long-Term Memory
    • 4:25  Working Memory - Explicit Memory, Implicit Memory
    • 6:10  Types of LTM - Procedural Memory, Episodic Memory
    • 7:00  Mnemonic Devices, Chunking
    • 7:35  Shallow Processing vs. Deep Processing
  • Brain Games: Season 4 - Episode 6 - Memory Demos
    • Review of Selective Attention, Mnemonics, STM, Chunking, Semantic Encoding & Elaborative Rehearsal
  • Clive Wearing - The Man with a 30 Second Memory (3 min)
  • Watch Entire Scientific American Frontiers Episode on Memory (55 min)
    • Segment 1 (8 min. Starts at 3:10): The Case of E.P. - Amnesiac
    • Segment 2 (8 min. Starts at 15:50): Healthy Hippocampus Functioning - Face Recognition.
    • Segment 3 (10 min. Starts at 23:30): Why Memories Last - Emotion, the Amygdala & Memory.
    • Segment 5 (11 min. Starts at 40:30): Keeping Old Brains Young - Alzeimers causes and treatments.
    • Segment 5.5 (4 min. Starts at 51:50): Improving Your Memory - How you live can influence your memory.
  • Want to improve your own memory.  Try practicing with this memory games:
    • http://www.allstarpuzzles.com/memory/index.html
    • Test your memory skills at the Human Benchmark website