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CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES |
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| After you have mastered the basic concepts from this chapter, you might want to try some of these challenge activities, designed to help you better understand and apply what you have learned to your daily life. |
IDENTIFICATION |
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1. Outline the processes of memory, including the memory stores. 2. List 20 glossary items for this chapter and write a brief definition for each one. 3. Identify the research studies discussed in the chapter and explain the significance of each one. |
APPLICATION |
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4. Measure the digit-span memory of several of your friends. Give from 10 to 15 random digits, one at a time at a normal pace. Ask each subject to repeat the digits he or she can remember. Did you confirm the magic number 7? Why or why not? 5. Test for effectiveness of depth of processing on memory. Ask some subjects to count the number of syllables in each word in a list, and other subjects to rate each word as pleasant or unpleasant. The list should be about 20 words long. Present the list and then ask subjects to recall as many as they can. Did the pleasantness-rating (deep processing) or the syllable-counting (shallow processing) subjects recall more words? Why? 6. With what you have learned in this chapter, design a program to improve your study habits. Incorporate the theories, suggestions, and application material into your program. |
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7. Which theory of forgetting accounts for most of your experiences? Why? 8. How many memory stores do you think people have? Devise your own theory of memory. 9. What is the importance of memory in everyday behavior? |
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