On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:22:06 -0700, William Scott wrote:
I agree with others that the memory problem is one of encoding failure.
I'm not so sure that it is as simple as that. I think that students
and even faculty may have known and been able to use certain
types of knowledge but for whatever
I don't think that they have a hard time remembering it; I suspect they never
encoded it in the first place. I'm not sure why they would, unless they were an
advanced student, and could place it in the context of their general knowledge
about psychology. For example, I spend about 15 minutes on
That's a funny observation. And it fits my recollection of student comments
about textbooks in my classes.
Must say . . . I'm guilty of part of this.
I DO know the name of the authors of various texts, but when I'm scanning my
bookshelves, I scan for the blue cover or the green cover or
Dear Tipsters,
I will answer with two questions:
1. In which direction does the head face on the American quarter - to your left
or to your right as you look at the coin?
2. On a clock or watch with Roman numerals, how is the number four represented?
Research shows that many people err on
Mike Palij wrote:
So, the question is Why can't students who spend about
15-16 weeks with a textbook, presumably reading it and
taking notes, and preparing for exam on material therein,
have such a hard time remembering who the author(s) of the
textbook was?
The effect is not limited to
Mike Palij queried:
So, the question is Why can't students who spend about
15-16 weeks with a textbook, presumably reading it and
taking notes, and preparing for exam on material therein,
have such a hard time remembering who the author(s) of the
textbook was?
That's a good question, but I think
The Nasser discussion Mike Palij refers to is also discussed in Baddeley's
Human Memory book - he cites Nasser Memory Observed (spine well described Mike
:) that tells of a professor writing to Titchener in 1917 that despite saying a
prayer over 5000 times, he had very poor memory for it. I
hills -
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Mike Palij queried:
So, the question is Why can't students who spend about
15-16
I also ask who taught the class. I get answers such as that guy with the
mustache, I think it was a blonde woman, but I don't remember exactly and I
can't remember the name.
That was usually only 1 or 2 semesters ago.
Sigh.
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Professor, Psychological
