Unit 3 Psychology
Chapter 7
Forgetting
Edwina Ricci
Area Study 2 – Memory
TOPICS
1. Neural basis of memory
2. Comparison of models for explaining
human memory
3. Theories of forgetting – strengths and
limitations
4. Manipulation and improvement of memory
TOPIC 3/4 – Theories of forgetting
CONCEPTS
1.
Forgetting and the forgetting curve
2.
Measures of retention
3.
Retrieval Cues
4.
Retrieval failure theory and TOT
5.
Interference Theory
6.
Motivated forgetting
7.
Decay theory
Dot Point #3:
• Strengths and limitations of psychological theories of forgetting
 retrieval failure theory including tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
 interference theory
 motivated forgetting as informed by the work of Sigmund Freud including
repression and suppression
 decay theory
Introduction to Forgetting – Overview videos
Memory Game
 CONCEPT 1/7 – Forgetting and the forgetting curve
 CONCEPT 2/7 – Measures of retention
 CONCEPT 3/7 – Retrieval Cues
 CONCEPT 4/7 – Retrieval failure theory and TOT
 CONCEPT 5/7 – Interference theory
 CONCEPT 5/7 – Interference theory
Video Jacplus: Interference Theory
 CONCEPT 6/7 – Motivated forgetting
 CONCEPT 7/7 – Decay theory
DOT POINT SUMMARY #3
Unit 3 Psychology
Chapter 8
Improving memory
Edwina Ricci
Area Study 2 – Memory
TOPICS
1. Neural basis of memory
2. Models of memory
3. Theories of forgetting
4. Manipulation and improvement of memory
TOPIC 4/4 – Manipulation and
improvement of memory
CONCEPTS
1.
Mnemonic devices
2.
Acronyms, acrostics and narrative chaining
3.
Peg-word method and method of loci
4.
Reconstructive nature of memory
5.
Loftus research on leading questions and eyewitness
testimony
Dot Point #4:
• manipulation and improvement of memory:
 forgetting curve as informed by the work of Hermann Ebbinghaus
 measures of retention including the relative sensitivity of recall, recognition and
relearning
 use of context dependent cues and state dependent cues
 mnemonic devices including acronyms, acrostics, peg-word method, narrative
chaining and method of loci
 effect of misleading questions on eyewitness testimonies including the
reconstructive nature of memory informed by the work of Elizabeth Loftus
 CONCEPT 1/5 – Mnemonic devices
 CONCEPT 2/5 – Acronyms, acrostics and narrative chaining
 CONCEPT 3/5 – Peg-word method and method of loci
 CONCEPT 4/5 – Reconstructive nature of memory
 CONCEPT 5/5 – Loftus research on leading questions and
eyewitness testimony
 CONCEPT 5/5 – Loftus research on leading questions and
eyewitness testimony
JacPlus: Elizabeth Loftus lecture
DOT POINT SUMMARY #4