Subject: Advanced Placement Psychology Name: Wendy Bendle

Lesson Planner: Subject: Advanced Placement Psychology Name: Wendy Bendle Topic: Memory Construction and Eyewitness Testimony

Standards: American Psychological Association National Standards for Secondary Psychology: Content Standard 3: Retrieval of memory 3.1 Analyze the importance of retrieval cues in memory. 3.2 Explain the role that interference plays in retrieval. 3.3 Discuss the factors influencing how memories are retrieved. 3.4. Explain how memories can be malleable. 3.5 Discuss strategies for improving the retrieval of memories. Objectives: - Explain how memories can be malleable - Read critically and mark up an article on eyewitness testimony - Analyze the use of eyewitness testimony through the “Save the Last Word” method - Defend in writing a position on the validity of eye witness testimony Activities:

Preview/Opener/”Do Now:” What is the misinformation effect?

 When are people susceptible to misinformation?  Who is susceptible to misinformation?  What happens to the original memory?  Do people genuinely believe the misinformation?

Mini-Lesson/Class Notes: - Students experience being an eyewitness by watching “The Eyewitness Test” (http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/FACULTY/gwells/theeyewitnesstest.html) and then having to chose a suspect from a police lineup - Students will chose one suspect, and then realize that they convicted an innocent person. The real suspect is not even in the line up. - Discuss how eyewitness memory is often not reliable, connecting to the misinformation effect and the homework reading on memory construction

Processing/Conferring: Independent/Small Group Work:

Activity 1 - Students will read and mark up an article on eyewitness memory called “Why science tells us not to rely on eyewitness testimony” (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do- the-eyes-have-it) - Students have the choice to mark up the article electronically or on paper - After reading the article, they will select three key quotes and write these on a two column note format, with an explanation for why they picked each quote

Activity 2 - In small groups of 4 or 5, students will discuss the article using a literacy processing method called “Save the Last Word” - In writing, each student will summarize their group discussion

Closing Activity: Critical Thinking Writing Prompt - Role play the following situation: As a member of a jury, you have listened to an eye-witness to the crime. His testimony is taken very seriously by the other members of the jury and they are ready to convict. What will you do considering what you know about eye-witness