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Assignment 1: Discussion—Memory Models

Learning about the structure of memory can improve your study skills. In this assignment, you will discuss the academic applications of memory models and try to apply the principles to yourself. Use the readings for the module and the terminology of the subject and respond to these questions:

  • You are a teaching assistant for an undergraduate history class and need to prepare a test. You want evidence to show that students know the material well. What kind of test would you prepare? What kind of test do you think requires the most in-depth knowledge? Why?
  • As Dan took his history test, he could not recollect many of the dates he had studied. Dan had memorized some important dates just before the test. While he was doing this, he was also talking on the phone. Which of Dan's memory stores—sensory memory, short-term memory (STM), or long-term memory (LTM)—do you think were most affected by his phone conversation? Why? Could Dan have done something differently to prevent forgetting the dates? Explain.
  • Identify two different kinds of mnemonic devices that could help Dan remember dates for his history test. Explain how they could be used.
  • Melissa is disappointed that she received yet another “D” on a test. She studied for several hours by reading and rereading her textbook and class notes. Based on the levels-of-processing memory theory, explain why Melissa’s method of studying was not very effective? What could she have done differently?
  • Using Baddeley’s working memory model, give an example of two tasks that could successfully be performed simultaneously (For example, can you listen to music while studying at the same time?). Discuss two other tasks that probably would interfere with each other. Make sure to discuss your answers in terms of the visuospatial scratchpad, the phonological loop, and the central executive.

Write your initial response in 4–5 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.


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Memory Models

Thesis statement: Different kind of tests may be used in testing the understanding of the learner.
These tests requires require different memories and understanding.

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Test that requires the most in-depth knowledge
Dan’s memory affected by the phone call

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What Dan could have done to protect forgetting the dates

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Types of mnemonic devices that could help Dan remember dates for his history test

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Why Melissa’s method of studying was not very effective and what could been have
done differently

VI.

Tasks that could successfully be performed simultaneously and tasks that probably
would interfere with each other using Baddeley’s working memory model


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Q. You are a teaching assistant for an undergraduate history class and need to prepare a
test. You want evidence to show that students know the material well. What kind of test
would you prepare? What kind of test do you think requires the most in-depth knowledge?
Why?

There are different kinds of tests that may be used to test the understanding of a concept.
These different tests have variou...


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