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=**Memory**= Memory is really part of learning; it is an indicator that learning has persisted over time. "It is our ability to store and retrieve information" (Myers, 2003, p. 262). Do note that we will be looking at parts of Modules 18 and 19 in this study. For the module's outline, see http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/exploringinmodules5e/pages/bcs-main.asp?v=&s=18000&n=00010&i=18010.01&o= For an article on improving our minds see




 * Life Without Memory: The Clive Wearing Story

Do watch this touching story about a very gifted musician whose brain was damaged because of an infection. Pay attention to how his life has changed as a result of his having lost his memory. This form of amnesia is truly debilitating as he forgets almost everything within five minutes.**

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 * Assignment 1 on memory: "Memory...I Forgot": [[file:Memory pages.doc]]**

"It's as if our nervous system take a multimedia snapshot of the sounds, sights, smells, weather, emotional climate, even body postures we experience at certain moments" - Beryl Benderly Take the time to consider your most vivid memories. Consider what you were doing when you first heard about the 9-11 attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. These are all flashbulb memories. Note that your most vivid were probably the ones you primarily personal as opposed to say, national or international events.
 * Memory: Flashbulb Memories**

This is a classroom exercise that will take about 15 minutes to conduct. Be here and listen to and read the instructions.
 * Visually versus Auditorily Encoded Information:**

The is a three part film that can be viewed on Youtube, please answer the questions here
 * The Human Experience - Memory**

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 * Notes for Module 18: [[file:Module18.ppt]]
 * Additional reading from //Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-memory-trace//

For what you should know for this unit: http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/exploringinmodules5e/pages/bcs-main.asp?v=&s=19000&n=00010&i=19010.01&o= Notes for this module:
 * __Module 19: Forgetting and Memory Construction__**
 * Activity for Module 19: Why memories fail**
 * Follow the lecture, and do the questions which are attached:[[file:Module 19.doc]]
 * This will only be done with Mr. Plouffe

It is almost certain that in your life you will be a witness to a crime or an event, such as a traffic accident, that will require your statement to the police or a testimony in court. Disappointingly, eyewitness testimony is frequently incorrect or shaped by biases. For this activity you are to to the the website below and take the quiz.[|Take the Eyewitness Test] How did you do? Why do you think you performed as well or as poorly as you did? Explain (Be sure to respond to this question using Pages). Read this article: [|Inertia, Morality ... Solid Science] So why is it important that the police use sequential line-ups or double blind line ups when asking witnesses to identify perpetrators of crimes? (Explain on the same paper as the exercise above and send it to me. Due by the end of this class). For further information about witness memory and testimony see: http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/~glwells/
 * Activity for Forgetting and Memory Construction: ARE YOU A CREDIBLE WITNESS**