Retrieval contd

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Retrieval (contd)

• Thursday, 11/17/05

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Exam 3 Scores

• Mean 52
• Median 55
• Mode 55
• SD 8.4

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• The following passage is about doing laundry.

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• The procedure is actually quite simple. First
  arrange items into different groups. Of course
  one pile may be sufficient depending on how much
  there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else
  due to lack of facilities that is the next step
  otherwise, you are pretty well set. It is
  important not to overdo things. That is, it is
  better to do too few things at once than too
  many. In the short run this may not seem
  important but complications can easily arise. A
  mistake can be expensive as well. At first, the
  whole procedure will seem complicated. Soon,
  however, it will become just another facet of
  life. It is difficult to forsee any end to
  necessity for this task in the immediate future,
  but then, one never can tell.

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Group 2

• Helen Kellers Need for Professional Help

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Group 1

• Carol Harriss Need for Professional Help

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• She was a problem child from birth. She was
  wild, stubborn, and violent. By the time she
  turned eight, she was still unmanageable. Her
  parents were very concerned about her mental
  health. There was no good institution for her
  problem in her state. Her parents finally
  decided to take some action. They hired her a
  private teacher.

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Factors that affect retrieval

• The distinctiveness of the memory
• Practice with retrieval
• The effectiveness of the retrieval cues

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Effects of Emotional Arousal on Retrieval

• High levels of emotional arousal can inhibit
  effective retrieval.
• Test anxiety
• Emergency situations
• Public speaking (public evaluation)

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Source Memory

• In some cases the origin (source) of an episodic
  memory can become difficult to identify.
• (Perceived) episodic memories can originate from
  actual experience, thoughts, observations,
  dreams, etc.

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Source Memory

• Postevent information can influence the perceived
  source of an episodic memory, as well as the
  actual content of the memory.

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Reconstructive Memory

• Reconstructive memory refers to the process of
  inferentially recreating memories based on what
  can be recalled.

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Reconstructive Memory

• Encoding and storage are subject to errors, and
  as a result, retrieval is often a process of
  inferential reconstruction.
• Actual memories inferred information
  reconstructed memories

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• The procedure is actually quite simple. First
  arrange items into different groups. Of course
  one pile may be sufficient depending on how much
  there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else
  due to lack of facilities that is the next step
  otherwise, you are pretty well set. It is
  important not to overdo things. That is, it is
  better to do too few things at once than too
  many. In the short run this may not seem
  important but complications can easily arise. A
  mistake can be expensive as well. At first, the
  whole procedure will seem complicated. Soon,
  however, it will become just another facet of
  life. It is difficult to forsee any end to
  necessity for this task in the immediate future,
  but then, one never can tell.

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• Helen Keller was a problem child from birth.
  She was wild, stubborn, and violent. By the time
  Helen turned eight, she was still unmanageable.
  Her parents were very concerned about her mental
  health. There was no good institution for her
  problem in her state. Her parents finally
  decided to take some action. They hired a
  private teacher for Helen.

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• Carol Harriss Need for Professional Help
• Helen Kellers Need for Professional Help

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Have a great Thanksgiving!