Question 1
History is a subject that is mainly characterized by dates, locations, and individuals. Therefore, as a teaching assistant for the subject, to test whether my students know the material well, I will give them a simple test that requires remembering particular dates when some historical events took place. At the same time, I will give them some quotes from individual mentioned in the material and expect them to give the names of those people. In addition, I think essay test requires in-depth knowledge. This is because it requires a lot of explanations that are based on facts.
Question 2
It was Dan’s short-term memory (STM) that was affected by his phone conversation. STM is responsible for temporary storage of information in the brain, and it is affected by interruptions such as phone conversation (Wright, 2007). As a result, Dan could not remember the dates because STM was affected. In order to prevent forgetting dates, Dan should have chewed gum. Chewing gums improves focus and concentration. Besides, Dan could have used connection and music mnemonics to remember dates for his history test. Connecting dates to be remembered by a familiar event or thing could have been useful. Music can also be used to remember important details.
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Question 3
According to the levels-of-processing memory theory, it is possible that Melissa was only using shallow processing when reading and rereading the textbook, which could have led to her failure (Wright, 2007). At the same time, she only used the structural components of shallow processing but not phonemic, which means that she was only noticing how the words were written on the books and her notes. As a result, she was not able to retain much information. In the contrary, she could have used deep processing, which helps in retaining and remembering a lot of information.
Question 4
Reading and listening to music is the tasks that are always performed simultaneously by students. Studies have shown that performing the tasks simultaneously can improve academic performance because it increases cognitive processes by enhancing arousal and positive mood. This possible due to the central executive that deals with cognitive tasks (Pavloz et al ., 2012). However, it is not possible for students to read while watching the video because both tasks engage the brain a lot. It is hard for the brain to do two engaging tasks simultaneously. Both central executive and phonological loop are not able to do two engaging tasks concurrently.
References
Pavlov, I., Watson, J., Skinner, B. F., Thorndike, E., Bandura, A., Maslow, A., ... & Treisman, A. (2012). Working Memory. Simply Psychology , 5(2).
Wright, A. A. (2007). An experimental analysis of memory processing. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior , 88 (3), 405-433.
