Psychology, 5/e   Wortman, Loftus & Weaver
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Learning Objectives

1. Explain what Ebbinghaus discovered regarding the forgetting function.
2. Describe the three memory stores, including their capacity and duration.
3. Explain how information moves from sensory memory into short-term memory.
4. Discuss the roles of rehearsal, encoding, and chunking in short-term memory, and explain how those strategies can enhance the amount of information stored in short-term memory.
5. Describe the three basic processes involved in long-term memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval.
6. Distinguish among Tulving’s three memory systems: procedural memory, semantic memory, and episodic memory.
7. Explain how research on amnesia patients, on normal persons, and on neural structures supports Tulving’s theory of multiple memory systems.
8. Describe the neural structures involved in implicit and explicit memory.
9. Define autobiographical memory, and describe the relative distribution of autobiographical memories throughout the life span.
10. Distinguish among flashbulb memory, mood-dependent memory, and mood-congruent recall.
11. Explain how schemas influence the reconstruction of memory.
12. Discuss the accuracy of eyewitness testimony.
13. Discuss several ways to improve normal memory.
14. Describe the debate surrounding repressed memories.

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