PSYCH101: Introduction to Psychology

5.2: Memory

• OpenStax College: Psychology: "Chapter 8: Memory" URL

  Read this chapter about memory. Afterwards, think about memory in relation to the concept of thinking, define and explain the sensing process, memory, and the medium.
  

• University of California, Berkeley: John Kihlstrom's "Attention and Memory I-III" Page

  Watch this series of three lectures, which cover the main principles of memory and provides some interesting applied examples.

• 5.2.1: Types of Memory, Measuring Memory, Process with Memory

  • The Noba Project: Kathleen B. McDermott and Henry L. Roediger's "Memory (Encoding, Storage, Retrieval)" Page

    Read this article and think about the following questions: What do you encode? How do you get information into memory? How do you distinguish between visual encoding, acoustic encoding and semantic encoding? Why is encoding such an important step? What happens if you encode incorrectly?
    

• 5.2.2: Problems with Memory

  • The Noba Project: Cara Laney and Elizabeth F. Loftus' "Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Biases" Page

    Read this article and focus specifically on misinformation. Why do you think young adults are often susceptible to misinformation, but children and older adults tend to be more susceptible, even without an intention to deceive?