Crash Course Psychology #14: Remembering and Forgetting

Distinguish implicit memory from explicit memory, with an example of each.

Explain how priming and context-/state-dependent cues can trigger memory retrieval.

Describe the primacy effect using the grocery-list example from the video.

Summarise how an eyewitness account can be shaped by memory processes such as encoding, storage, and retrieval.

Play the linked Crash Course Psychology video and pause at each relevant point, since all 15 questions follow the eyewitness story and concepts in sequence.

Note before assigning question 15 that the answer key marks it as open-ended ("answers will vary"), so plan to accept multiple valid responses rather than one fixed answer.

Use the separate teacher answer key to confirm that student responses to the definition questions (6, 7, 9-11) capture the same core idea, since answers are short written responses rather than fill-in-the-blank recall.

Memory-concept vocabulary — students define implicit memory, explicit memory, priming, and context-/state-dependent memory (questions 6, 7, 9-11).

Applied case analysis — students trace how Bernice's eyewitness account was formed and later challenged, connecting a narrative to memory-process vocabulary (questions 1-5, 8).

Pattern explanation — question 14 asks students to explain the primacy effect using a concrete grocery-list example.

Video-based synthesis — the closing question asks students to name as many memory-and-forgetting factors from the video as they can recall.