1. Of the four memory systems: Sensory memory, short-term memory, Working memory, Long-term Memory
Which is your strongest and weakest system and why?
2. Naïve psychology and its Theory of Mind refers to our informal beliefs about other people and their behavior. Review the stages of development of this skill. What is the significance of this development and give an example of the last time that you used your “theory of mind”.
3. What is the significance of Theory of Mind for people suffering from autism?
4. Memory strategies are techniques or activities that improve remembering. Describe and give real- life examples for each of the following strategies for remembering:
Rehearsal
Organization
Elaboration also, be creative and descrive the main assets and difficulty which may occur while using each of these strategies.
5. Metacognition includes the ability to diagnose problems accurately and to monitor the effectiveness of a memory strategy. Give an example – when you used your metacognition to solve a real life problem.
6. Eyewitness testimony occurs when people are asked to report exactly what they saw or heard as it relates to a crime. An estimated two thousand to ten thousand people are wrongly accused and convicted each year because of inaccurate eyewitness testimony. The factors involved in faulty memory are distortion (because memory fades), bias, and inaccuracy. Do you believe this is true? Give a real-life example of an Eyewitness testimony, which may be distorted.
7. Why is it important for psychologists to fully understand of how our memories function?
8. effective problem solving is often impacted by the person’s failure to “encode” all of the important information in the problem. Describe the process of encode info for problem-solving and give a real example of when faulty encoding resulted in a failure to solve a problem.
