Writing Homework Help

1. What are the structures of Memory? What are their characteristics?

2. What are the processes involved in memory? Make sure to define them as well as name them.

3. Write a list of 10 random letters and numbers ( like
Y27S8D19KN0). Ask 2 people you know to act as your participants. Read
the list to them out loud at a rate of about 1 item per second. Wait
about 10 seconds, then ask them to write down the letters and numbers in
the order they heard them. Then answer:
How many items did they repeat back? Did they make any errors ( write down an item that was not on the list)?
Use what you have learned in lecture about short term memory to explain your results.

4. Ask 2 people you know to tell you about 1) an event they
remember from when they were a child, 2) the name of the first person
they went out on a date with, and 3) how to tie their shoe. Write a
description of their responses, then answer the following:

Label each of these memories episodic, semantic, or procedural.
Which of these memories are more detailed? Which are more story like?
Which are very general? Which have the most emotion attached to them?

2nd part

read an empirical article from the past 5 years on Alzheimer’s Disease
and what we know about it (include the reference for the article in your
summary so I can look it up). Your summary for either of these should
be at least half a page double spaced, 12-point font.