Part 3 Due the FIRST day of class Complete all the study-guide questions for
“Phineas Gage” by John
Fleischman in your AP Psych Notebook.
Part 4. Due the First day of class: Read AND take Cornell Notes and make
Flash-Cards for chapter 7,
MEMORY, in the Bernstein psychology textbook. You will keep these notes and
flashcards all year and use them as you study for the AP Exam, so have a good
notebook or binder that will last all year. The main thing to do when you take
notes is ORGANIZE the information in such a way that it makes sense to
you. Write questions and your own thoughts about the material as
well as headings and subheadings in the left column of your notes. The more you
can connect this material to information you already know or experiences you’ve
had, the better you will learn and understand the material.
We’re reading Ch7
first because many students have said that it helped them learn to memorize new
terms and concepts. This knowledge will help you all year and beyond. Review
the Key Ideas listed below to be sure they’re in your notes, flashcards and
brain.
Key ideas from Memory
Unit / Chapter 7:
Encoding, episodic
vs. semantic and procedural memory, explicit vs. implicit memory, maintenance
and rehearsal strategies to improve memory, various models of how memory works
such as PDP and Info Processing, understand the difference between sensory,
short term, and long term memory, compare recency and primacy effects,
understand what affects memory retrieval, understand the limits of eye-witness
testimony, Herman Ebbinghauss , compare retroactive and proactive
interference, compare retrograde and
anterograde amnesia,
*****Use mnemonics
and distributed practice to learn all this stuff and know why you are
remembering and forgetting.
It’s also a great
idea to skim through the textbook to familiarize yourself with the topics we’ll
be learning all year. Jot down questions you have on sticky-notes and put them
in your book so you remember to ask them when we get to the unit.
On the first day of
class be prepared to discuss the Phineas Gage book as well as Chapter 7 of the
Bernstein text.
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