APU PSYC303 2018 November Week 2 Forum Latest

PSYC303 Learning and Cognition

Week 2 Forum

Working Memory Capacity

As we move into Week 2 and begin to dig deeper into cognition and learning, we see there are many important topics to discuss this week and in the weeks to follow! An intriguing topic that affects us all is that of memory. Working memory, which is often conflated with short-term memory (STM) is the topic of our forum this week. Our course materials inform us of the limited capacity of the working memory and the need to essentially flip the data processed in immediately, transferring it into a meaningful information we can use to address the issues presented.

Let’s take a moment to review a great Ted Talks video with speaker Peter Doolittle (2013), who discusses the concept of working memory and how it influences our day to day activities.

https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_doolittle_how_your_working_memory_makes_sense_of_the_world

The Working Memory tests linked below provide us with an excellent opportunity to test our working memory capacity!

https://www.memorylosstest.com/free-working-memory-tests-online/

http://opencoglab.org/memtest1/

https://youtu.be/l6TrsYI1Grk

For this week’s Forumforum, complete the Working Memory Capacity Demo provided in the link.

Complete at the working memory tests on each site and view/summarize your results for each.

Share your results with the group in your initial forum post.

Discuss how you performed on each test, noting whether your working memory capacity was significantly greater on one test over the others.

Note why this may have been; did the course materials offer support to suggest an explanation for your results?

Finally, share your greatest take away from the activity as it relates to your working memory capacity.

References

Doolittle, P. (2013, June). Peter Doolittle: How your “working memory” makes sense of the world [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_doolittle_how_your_working_memory_makes_sense_of_the_world