ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [SS2010] PSY (9-12) 7 :

7 ) Describe the processes and importance of memory, including how information is encoded and stored, mnemonic devices, schemas related to short-term memory, working memory, and long-term memory.

•  Distinguishing between surface and deep processing in memory development

•  Comparing ways memories are stored in the brain, including episodic and procedural

•  Identifying different parts of the brain that store memory

•  Differentiating among different types of amnesia

•  Describing how information is retrieved from memory

•  Explaining how memories can be reconstructed and misremembered

Remember that guy from 300? What was his name? ARG!!! It turns out our brains make and recall memories in different ways. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about the way we do it and what damaging that process can do to us.