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Memory
Foundations and Applications

Third Edition

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Memory

December 2016 | 544 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

The fully updated Third Edition of Bennett L. Schwartz’s practical text on memory science engages students in an exploration of how memory works in everyday life through unique applications in areas such as education, job-related memory, investigations, and courtrooms. Throughout the book, integrated coverage of cognitive psychology and neuroscience connects theory and research to the areas in the brain where memory processes occur.

Four overarching themes that create a framework for the text include: the active nature of learning and remembering; memory's status as a biological process; the multiple components of memory systems; and how memory principles can improve our individual ability to learn and remember.

Featuring substantive changes that bring the book completely up to date, the Third Edition offers students an array of high-interest examples for augmenting their own memory abilities and appreciation of memory science.

 
 
Preface
 
1 Introduction to the Study of Memory
The Science of Memory

 
The History of Memory Research

 
Section Quiz

 
Methods of Studying Memory

 
Memory Measures

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Improving Memory Efficiency

 
Themes for the Book

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
2 Memory and the Brain
Old Questions, New Answers

 
Brain and Memory

 
Neurons

 
Structures of the Human Brain

 
Interim Summary and Quiz

 
Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience

 
Section Quiz

 
Neuropsychology: Memory Deficits and Amnesia

 
Chemical Enhancement of Memory

 
Olfaction, Memory, and the Brain

 
Memory, Music, and the Brain

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
3 Working Memory
What Is Working Memory?

 
Some Terminological Clarifications

 
Sensory Memory

 
Working Memory Capacity

 
The Duration of Information in Working Memory

 
The Serial Position Curve and Its Implication for Working Memory

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
The Working Memory Model of Baddeley

 
Working Memory Systems

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Working Memory and the Brain

 
Applications of Working Memory

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
4 Episodic Memory
Evidence for the Episodic/Semantic Distinction

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Memory Processes: Encoding, Representation, and Retrieval (Part I)

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Memory Processes: Encoding, Representation, and Retrieval (Part II)

 
Directed Forgetting

 
Prospective Memory

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
5 Semantic Memory
Associative Structures in Semantic Memory

 
Semantic Priming and Lexical Decision Tasks

 
Sentence Verification Tasks

 
Bilingual Representation

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Concepts and Categories

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Schemas and Scripts

 
Semantic Memory and Music

 
Language, Lexical Memory, and Semantic Memory

 
Section Quiz

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
6 Visual Memory
Visual Memory: Recognition and Recall

 
Representation and Imagery

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Other Topics in Visual Memory

 
Photographic Memory: Reality or Fantasy?

 
Cognitive Maps

 
Memory for Faces

 
Simultaneous and Sequential Lineups in Eyewitness Memory

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Application of Visual Imagery to Mnemonics

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
7 Autobiographical Memory
Conway’s Theory of Representation in Autobiographical Memory

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Childhood Amnesia

 
Flashbulb Memories

 
Collaborative Memory

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Diary Studies and Autobiographical Memory

 
The Cue-Word Technique for Eliciting Autobiographical Memories and the Reminiscence Bump

 
Aspects of Autobiographical Memory

 
The Neuroscience of Autobiographical Memory

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
8 False Memory
Correspondence, Accuracy, and Amount

 
Source Monitoring

 
Methods of Studying False Memory

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Hypnosis and Memory

 
Recovered Memory: The Reality of Repression

 
False Memories and Legal Psychology

 
Eyewitness Testimony

 
The Misinformation Effect

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
The Cognitive Interview: More Information Without Suggestion

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
9 Metamemory
What Is Metamemory?

 
Theories of Metamemory

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Types of Judgments

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Control Processes in Metamemory

 
Other Kinds of Metamemory

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
10 Memory Disorders
What Is Amnesia?

 
Case Studies of Amnesia

 
Anterograde Amnesia

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Retrograde Amnesia

 
Frontal Syndrome

 
Transient Global Amnesia

 
Short-Term Memory Amnesia

 
Reduplicative Paramnesia and Capgrass Syndrome

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Psychogenic Amnesia

 
Alzheimer’s Disease

 
Memory Rehabilitation

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
11 Memory in Childhood
Memory in Infancy

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Memory in Early Childhood

 
Children’s Eyewitness Memory

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Memory in Older Children

 
Metamemory in Children

 
A Guide to Developing Memory Skills in Young Children

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
12 Memory in Older Adults
Theories of Aging and Memory

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Age-Related Changes in Working Memory

 
Semantic Memory

 
Episodic Memory

 
False Memory in Older Adults

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Metamemory in Older Adults

 
Use It or Lose It: Maintaining Memory Ability in Older Adults

 
Mnemonic Tips for Older Adults

 
The Neuroscience of Memory and Aging

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
13 Memory Improvement and Learning Efficiency: A User’s Guide
1. Process for Meaning

 
2. Engage in Retrieval Practice

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
3. Use Metamemory

 
4. Distribute Your Practice

 
Section Summary and Quiz

 
Myths and Methods to Avoid

 
Mnemonists

 
Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Review Questions

 
Online Resources

 
 
Glossary
 
References
 
Author Index
 
Subject Index
 
About the Author

Supplements

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“This is a terrific text book in terms of being written in an accessible fashion, introducing relevant neuroscience research, and describing real-world applications.”

Elizabeth Kensinger, Boston College

Elizabeth Kensinger
Boston College

“All of the major topics and theories are presented in an easy-to-read fashion, with connections made to brain structure as appropriate.”

Darrell S. Rudmann, Shawnee State University

Darrell S. Rudmann
Shawnee State University

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Chapter 1

Chapter 8

Chapter 13


Bennett Lowell Schwartz

Bennett L. Schwartz received his PhD in 1993 from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Since then he has been at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, where he is currently professor of psychology. He is author or editor of 10 published books as well as over 70 journal articles and chapters. His textbook Memory: Foundations and Applications, fourth edition (SAGE), was published in 2020. He has won several teaching awards at FIU and currently teaches courses in memory, cognition, and sensation and perception. His main research area is metacognition and memory, but he has also conducted research in diverse areas that range... More About Author

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