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Roediger III, H.L.  & Wertsch, J.V. (2008). Creating a new discipline of memory studies. Memory Studies, 1, 9-22.

1. According to the authors, what are the core disciplines of a new field of memory studies? How does the use of memory in a discipline such as literature differ from its use in psychology?
2. What methodological and theoretical challenges exist for the emerging field of memory studies?
3. Washington University has created a two-year program, “Memory in Mind and Culture.” What are the courses that comprise this program and what topics do they cover?

Petty, R.E., Tormala, Z.L., Hawkins, C., & Wegener, D.T. (2001). Motivation to think and order effects in persuasion: The moderating role of chunking. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 332-344.

1. In their article, the authors discuss the effects of primacy and recency effects on the impact a message has on the susceptibility of individuals to persuasion. Based on the design of their study, in which messages are presented to participants, what do the authors consider to be a primacy effect? What do they consider to be a recency effect?
2. How are the primacy and recency effects in persuasive messages different from the primacy and recency effects in serial recall of items on a list? How are they the same?
3. What role do the authors’ consider chunking to have in how individuals evaluate messages?

Kirby, K.C., Montgomery, I.M., Badcock, R., Daniels, B.A. (1995). A comparison of age-related deficits in memory and frontal lobe function following oral lorazepam administration. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 9, 319-325.

1. According to the authors, what cognitive abilities tend to show impairment with increasing age?
2. The authors note that lorazepam, a drug known to produce temporary amnesia, has differential effects on old and young people. What are some of the effects reported by the authors?
3. Although damage to the hippocampus is generally associated with the development of amnesia, the present paper suggests that the frontal lobe can also play a role in amnesia. In particular, the authors point out that frontal lobe dysfunction is associated with a particular form of amnesia known as Korsakoff’s amnesia. Based on the information in the paper, how does Korsakoff’s amnesia differ from amnesia caused by damage to the hippocampus?
4. The authors report that lorazepam did not have any effect on non-verbal memory based on the performance of participants on the Rey Figure task. How does this agree with Baddeley’s theory of working memory?