Chapter 10.1 Memory & Thought: Taking In & Storing Information

1. Chapter 10.1Memory & Thought:Taking In & Storing Information Mr. McCormick Psychology

2. Do-Now:(Discussion) • What is memory? • What are your memory skills? Describe your short-term and long-term memory. • Why do you tend to remember certain things and forget others?

3. Memory • Memory: • The storage and retrieval of what has been learned or experienced

4. Memory • 3 Processes: • 1. Encoding (Recording information) • 2. Storage (Saving information) • 3. Retrieval (Calling up stored information) • 3 Stages: • 1. Sensory Memory • 2. Short-Term Memory • 3. Long-Term Memory

5. Memory • Encoding: • The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it • Storage: • The process by which information is maintained over a period of time • Retrieval: • The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

6. Sensory Memory • Sensory Memory: • Very brief memory storage immediately following initial stimulation of a receptor

7. Short-Term Memory • Short-Term Memory: • Memory that is limited in capacity to about seven items and in duration by the subject’s active rehearsal

8. Short-Term Memory • Maintenance Rehearsal: • A system for remembering that involves repeating information to oneself without attempting to find meaning in it

9. Short-Term Memory • Chunking: • The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

10. Review • What is memory? • Identify and describe the 3 processes of memory. • Identify and describe the 3 stages of memory. • What factors determine what information reaches our short-term memory? • In what ways do we employ “chunking” and “Maintenance-Rehearsal”to remember information?

11. Homework • Read Chapter 10.1 “Taking In and Storing Information” • Pgs. 273-280 • Complete Section 1 Assessment • Pg. 280 • #s 2, 3, 4