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e in new patterns.
Essay questions might be difficult because of the necessity to take information from a
number of sources and integrate it.
. Difficulty in combining ideas from various sources would put a severe limitation on
creativity.
. Abstract ideas would be difficult to understand because they often do not lend
themselves to imagining.
. We generally condense and take important information from what we read and hear,
and we associate new information with what we already know. This would be difficult
if we remembered all we see or hear.
4. Consider giving your class a demonstration of the reconstructive qualities of memory.
Enlist the aid of a colleague and stage a memorable but unstressful event. Tell the class that
what they witnessed was an experiment in memory, then have them write down what they
“saw,” as they can best recall. You will probably have as many explanations of the
scenario as you have students in the class. If class members do not object, read some of the
more interesting responses aloud to demonstrate the fallibility of memory.
5. Have students think about their earliest memory. Then, either have them volunteer to
discuss their memories in class, and the class can try to arrive at some interpretation of
their meaning, or have students turn them into you, and you can pick out
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