1. Why is it helpful to repeat a telephone number you’re trying to remember? (p. 178)
Because each time that you repeat the number, you are activating your short term memory giving it another 15 to 20 seconds of shelf life. What we have to remember is that short term memory is limited to how long it can hold information, and also how much information it can hold.
2. What is an example of a retrieval cue you have used? (p. 183)
I have always been a fan of the Harry Potter books, and subsequently the movies. One of the actors, Alan Rickman have also starred in many other british movies, but one time I could not remember his name, only that he played in the Harry Potter Movies. So my mother said, the guy who played in Love Actually, the husband …show more content…
4. On p. 187 there is a chart that lists 6 different types of long term memory. Describe the differences among these types of memories using examples from your own experiences. Explicit Memory; occurs when people consciously or intentionally retrieve past experiences.
For example) The other day someone asked me what I did this summer, and I recalled that I got into an accident at work and now need surgery. And that it rained alot
Implicit Memory: occurs when past experiences influence later behavior and performance, even without an effort to remember those experiences or an awareness of the recollection
For example) I volunteer at Keithley Middle School, but this year I had to switch classrooms because the previous teacher I worked with changed jobs, this time I was more comfortable helping out and teaching because I had done it once before, and I knew the kids I was teaching because I remembered past mistakes and what I had learned.
Procedural Memory: the gradual acquistion of skills as a resultv of practice, or “knowing how” to do
Because each time that you repeat the number, you are activating your short term memory giving it another 15 to 20 seconds of shelf life. What we have to remember is that short term memory is limited to how long it can hold information, and also how much information it can hold.
2. What is an example of a retrieval cue you have used? (p. 183)
I have always been a fan of the Harry Potter books, and subsequently the movies. One of the actors, Alan Rickman have also starred in many other british movies, but one time I could not remember his name, only that he played in the Harry Potter Movies. So my mother said, the guy who played in Love Actually, the husband …show more content…
4. On p. 187 there is a chart that lists 6 different types of long term memory. Describe the differences among these types of memories using examples from your own experiences. Explicit Memory; occurs when people consciously or intentionally retrieve past experiences.
For example) The other day someone asked me what I did this summer, and I recalled that I got into an accident at work and now need surgery. And that it rained alot
Implicit Memory: occurs when past experiences influence later behavior and performance, even without an effort to remember those experiences or an awareness of the recollection
For example) I volunteer at Keithley Middle School, but this year I had to switch classrooms because the previous teacher I worked with changed jobs, this time I was more comfortable helping out and teaching because I had done it once before, and I knew the kids I was teaching because I remembered past mistakes and what I had learned.
Procedural Memory: the gradual acquistion of skills as a resultv of practice, or “knowing how” to do