Inside Out is the perfect mixture of Disney’s Pixar Animations and the psychology of memory to create an educational movie for not just young children, but for adults as well. Many adults to this day do not have a clue as to how our memory works, and this movie is a great way to interest an adult to learn more. Arguably the saddest scene of the movie is when Bing Bong is permanently forgotten, and this causes one to wonder how forgetting really works. Inside out demonstrates the basic concepts of how memories are forgotten within our brain. It is known that there are three different stages of memory and forgetting can occur at each of the three stages. The information that passes through sensory memory disappears immediately unless attention
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Recognition, recall, and relearning are the three tasks which help keep you from forgetting important knowledge. The first of the three is recognition. This is arguably the easiest task as recognition is simply identifying different objects and events that have been viewed or seen before. This has been proved in a psychological study done by Harry Bahrick pictures of high school graduates were mixed in with random photos. He then asked former classmates of the graduates to pick out the photos of their classmates. Bahrick found that 90 percent of the time recent graduates were able to correctly recognize their classmates. Graduates who have been out of school for 40 years were still able to correctly recognize their classmates 75 percent of the time. This proved that ability to recognize familiar faces remains strong even as time passes. The second task mentioned is recall. Recalling consists of bringing a memory back to your mind. Your mind does not immediately recognize it rather your brain must search for the memory. Psychologists use paired associates to measure recall. The usage of paired associates is seen as someone is learning a new language. Often times when a person is learning new vocabulary they relate the new terms to the language they already know in order to. This task is very helpful to recognize when learning new information as using paired associates to study and remember …show more content…
One of the most basic and common ways is by drilling and practicing. Repetition helps people to remember facts, vocabulary terms, and even the names of important people. Another technique is to relate new information to existing knowledge. This requires deeper thinking about the new information to make the connections to the previously learned knowledge. Since your brain acts like a filing cabinet, this new information is easily stored within the previous. Forming unusual associations such as humor is another example of improving memory. If something is related to humor or an emotion, people are able to recall the feeling or emotion and then the information. Lastly, the use of mnemonic devices such as acronyms, phrases, or even jingles help one to memorize and store information. Jingles of repetitive commercials are always learned easily and are remembered easily. All in all, while there are several ways to forget, there are also several techniques one can use to remember important information easier and more
Recognition, recall, and relearning are the three tasks which help keep you from forgetting important knowledge. The first of the three is recognition. This is arguably the easiest task as recognition is simply identifying different objects and events that have been viewed or seen before. This has been proved in a psychological study done by Harry Bahrick pictures of high school graduates were mixed in with random photos. He then asked former classmates of the graduates to pick out the photos of their classmates. Bahrick found that 90 percent of the time recent graduates were able to correctly recognize their classmates. Graduates who have been out of school for 40 years were still able to correctly recognize their classmates 75 percent of the time. This proved that ability to recognize familiar faces remains strong even as time passes. The second task mentioned is recall. Recalling consists of bringing a memory back to your mind. Your mind does not immediately recognize it rather your brain must search for the memory. Psychologists use paired associates to measure recall. The usage of paired associates is seen as someone is learning a new language. Often times when a person is learning new vocabulary they relate the new terms to the language they already know in order to. This task is very helpful to recognize when learning new information as using paired associates to study and remember …show more content…
One of the most basic and common ways is by drilling and practicing. Repetition helps people to remember facts, vocabulary terms, and even the names of important people. Another technique is to relate new information to existing knowledge. This requires deeper thinking about the new information to make the connections to the previously learned knowledge. Since your brain acts like a filing cabinet, this new information is easily stored within the previous. Forming unusual associations such as humor is another example of improving memory. If something is related to humor or an emotion, people are able to recall the feeling or emotion and then the information. Lastly, the use of mnemonic devices such as acronyms, phrases, or even jingles help one to memorize and store information. Jingles of repetitive commercials are always learned easily and are remembered easily. All in all, while there are several ways to forget, there are also several techniques one can use to remember important information easier and more