Use your knowledge of the memory process to answer the questions and submit them to your instructor. Remember to construct your responses using complete, restated sentences.

1. Observe and analyze the area in which you are sitting. What sensory impressions (sights, sounds, touch sensations) have you been ignoring due to selective attention?
2. Can you remember what you ate for lunch three Tuesdays ago? If not, why not?
3. Explain why two people can converse deeply at a crowded, noisy party.
4. Explain why someone who looks up an address and then walks into another room to write it on an envelope may forget the address.
5. Suppose you are reading a section of your history textbook. You come across an unfamiliar word and look up its meaning. Once you have looked up the word, you find that you must reread the section. Why?