Transcript Word Superiority Effect

Memory Review
What is memory & how does it
work?
Rehearsal
Information
Sensory
Stores
Attention
Short Term
Memory
Encoding
Retrieval
Long Term
Memory
FORGETTING
Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
Inner Scribe
Visuospatial
Sketchpad
Rehearsal
Information
Sensory
Stores
Attention
Central
Executive
Episodic
Buffer
Encoding
Retrieval
Long Term
Memory
Phonological
Loop
Articulatory Rehearsal
Working Memory
FORGETTING
Baddeley’s Model
Inner Scribe
Implicit
Memory
Visuospatial
Sketchpad
Central
Executive
Episodic
Buffer
Encoding
Retrieval
Phonological
Loop
FORGETTING
Episodic
Working Memory
Explicit
Memory
Semantic
Articulatory Rehearsal
Habits
Attention
Skills
Sensory
Stores
Classical Conditioning
Information
Procedural Memory
Priming
Rehearsal
Long Term Memory
Review Questions
1. An experimenter gives each of three participants a list of words to
study. Participant A is given an hour to study the list, participant B is
given 10 minutes to study the list, and participant C is only given 1
minute to study. A day later the participants are called back to the lab to
restudy the list until they are able to recall it fully. Participant A doesn’t
show up and the experimenter gives them an unexcused no-show on
Sona while crying.
Between participants B and C, who would need more time to re-study
the list?
Who would spend more time studying total?
What concepts are associated with this experiment?
1. An experimenter gives each of three participants a list of words to
study. Participant A is given an hour to study the list, participant B is
given 10 minutes to study the list, and participant C is only given 1
minute to study. A day later the participants are called back to the lab to
restudy the list until they are able to recall it fully. Participant A doesn’t
show up and the experimenter gives them an unexcused no-show on
Sona while crying.
Between participants B and C, who would need more time to re-study
the list?
Participant C
Who would spend more time studying total?
Participant C
What concepts are associated with this experiment?
Total Time Hypothesis & Massed vs Distributed Practice
2. Oh no! It’s time for the PSYCH20A final and you haven’t had time to
study the book chapters! You read them when they were assigned but
haven’t looked back at them since. You should:
a) Re-read the chapters until they seem familiar
b) Use the study guide and your friends to quiz yourself
2. Oh no! It’s time for the PSYCH20A final and you haven’t had time to
study the book chapters! You read them when they were assigned but
haven’t looked back at them since. You should:
a) Re-read the chapters until they seem familiar
b) Use the study guide and your friends to quiz yourself
3. Fill in the blanks for which processes are associated with which brain
regions
Explicit learning -> Pr____ C_____ & M_____ T______ L_____
Conceptual Priming -> Pr_______ C_____
Visual Perceptual Priming -> Ex_______ C_____ or Oc_______ L_______
Explicit Memory -> Hi_______ & Fr_____ L______
3. Fill in the blanks for which processes are associated with which brain
regions
Explicit learning -> Prefrontal Cortex & Medial Temporal Lobe
Conceptual Priming -> Prefrontal Cortex
Visual Perceptual Priming -> Extrastriate Cortex or Occipital Lobe
Explicit Memory -> Hippocampus & Frontal Lobe
4. If you could do any experiment you wanted to on H.M., what would it
be?
http://youtu.be/bZhNcOWNXSA
MAFIA
MAFIA EXPERIMENT
MAFIA EXPERIMENT
You are all participants and experimenters in an experiment. I am the PI. In this experiment
the experimenters are hiding amongst the participants and kick them out of the study one by
one. The participants all have a type of amnesia. Each round consists of a lab meeting and a
trial. Lab meetings are when the experimenters choose which participant to kick out, and on
some rounds a participant can ask the PI if someone is an experimenter. A trial is where the
whole group discusses who they think an experimenter is and can vote to eliminate one
person from the study. The goal of the experimenters is to kick out all participants, thus
showing that patients with amnesia perform less well on party games. The goal of the
participants is to out all the experimenters as fast as possible to collect their compensation.
1 Tap = Experimenter
-You have perfect memory for all events. Try to blend in amongst the participants.
2 Taps = Anterograde Amnesia
-You can remember the past, but cannot encode new memories. During each lab meeting
there will be an opportunity to remember when you signed the consent form and as a group
can point to one person and ask if they are an experimenter. As omniscient PI, I will tell you.
During trials, you may only accuse individuals and cannot reference past trials.
3 Taps = Retrograde Amnesia
-You can encode new memories, but cannot remember the past. You must keep your eyes
closed during lab meeting, but can remember events from past trials and bring them up
during discussion.