Part A:

The following video is of a talk given by Henry Roediger, the central figure in research on the testing effect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqae85jbfbE

Watch about 10 or so minutes of the video - from minute 4:00 to 21:30,

WhenRoediger suggests, "there's something about the act of retrieval that makes something much more memorable than simply studying it again".

One interesting thing was his listing of the main studying techniques that students say they use.

Explain what do you think?

Part B:

Watch the following video, explain what did you think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPT6AdKvpcw

Part C:

1. Is eyewitness testimony accurate? What influences its accuracy?

2. Does emotional arousal help or hurt our ability to remember an event?

3. What are flashbulb memories? How accurate are they?

4. What is the weapons effect?

Part D:

Summary: Watch videos of people being rewarded and respond to emotions that are elicited by the videos. Then discuss how this experience relates to observation learning, self-efficacy, goals, and/or emotional appraisal.

Time: 10-15 minutes to watch videos

Please be aware of how you feel when watching these people being rewarded.

Waffle House Waitress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efSyXx6fVVA;

Oprah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oq1a2SzF5o;

Slot Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0a6uPPTaYw;

Eating Chocolate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A49dCK8Loo; The Good Place Points System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut0ai4s4mjU.

Directions:

After watching the videos answer the following questions.

1. Regarding Observation LearningDo you think examples like these increase individuals' behaviors to do kind acts, to go to (or watch) a talk show, to play slot machines, to eat chocolate, or to try to be a good person? Discuss how this phenomenon is related to observational learning and the experiment with the Bobo Doll.

2. Regarding Self-EfficacyDo you believe that you can have similar experiences to what you just observed? Do you feel optimistic about some outcomes and pessimistic about others (i.e., "I'll never win; nothing like that will ever happen to me.")? What does a person's reactions to these videos indicate about their level of self-efficacy?

3. Regarding Goals and StrategiesHow do watching these videos affect your goals and strategies or the goals of others?

4. Regarding Emotional AppraisalWhat is your appraisal of each of these situations? How does that affect your emotion toward each one of the situations? What emotions do you feel while watching these videos?

Bringing it All TogetherHow does observational learning, self-efficacy, motivation, and emotion all tie in together when watching these videos?