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Learning: Principles and Applications, 4/e
Stephen B Klein, Mississippi State University
Memory Storage

Internet Exercises

  1. Seven plus or minus 2? From where did that limit on our short-term memory come?

    OOPS, IT'S GONE
    http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Miller/
    This is a link to Miller's original article about 7 plus or minus 2. Read the article to see where the field started.

  2. Can you improve your memory? Do all those mnemonic techniques work?

    ONE IS A BUN
    http://www.psywww.com/mtsite/memory.html
    This site provides a compendium of articles on memory techniques and tips to help improve your memory. Read one or more articles and summarize them. Try one of the techniques and evaluate how well it works.

    TWO IS A SHOE
    http://www.free4all.freeserve.co.uk/index.html
    A source and tutorial on how to use several mnemonic methods to improve your memory. Try one to see if it actually works.

    THREE IS A TREE
    http://memory.uva.nl/memimprovement/eng/
    An online (free) memory improvement course from the University of Amsterdam's Department of Psychology. Try improving your memory.

  3. What is cognitive psychology? How do cognitive psychologists try to understand behavior?

    HOW DO I STUDY YOU? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS.
    http://www.scism.sbu.ac.uk/inmandw/tutorials/memory/g3.htm
    This link provides a tutorial on memory and cognitive psychology.









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