PSYC 471 Chapter 1: PSYC 471 Peak Notes chapter 1
27 Feb 2017
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Read him digits and he had to memorize them. (it a wall at 9 (cid:523)the normal plateau for people"s short term memory(cid:524) Original study had got people to increase their number (9-13 and 11-15) Wanted to know how this was possible. In first week steve remembered 8 or 9. By 60th week he could remember 20. By over the 200th session he could remember 82. You just keep doing the thing over and over until it becomes comfortable and automatic. Assumption: someone practicing for 20 years is better than 5 years. Doctor research: abilities seem to deteriorate, doctors practicing for 5 years do better than 20 years (cid:498)purposeful practice(cid:499) What steve was doing in number memorization. If you"re not satisfied with just getting to the level of comfort: Focused steve does positive self talk to keep focused on memorization. Feedback steve got one wrong and went backwards or one right and went.
