Cognitive load

Creative Histories Presentation History is a narrative of human experience, written retrospectively. There is a process of evaluation and reflection that colours, interprets and reshapes events into patterns of memory that can be selective and distinctly individual. Authenticity and verifiable details make history a more reliable ‘story’ of human experience through the additional use of personal memories. Memory is fragile, often short term and highly subjective. The mind’s impact on memory can…

In “A conversation with Einstein’s Brain,” written by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett, the authors write about a conversation occurring between tortoise and Achilles in which they discuss about a book containing all of the neurons and pathways symbolized by abbreviations and words. These fully functional neurons written as abbreviations represent Einstein’s brain, and thus, the book is Einstein’s brain. During the conversation, Achilles struggles to understand the concept. Thus,…

In the world of psychology, there are several different perspectives that you can study. Every one of these perspectives adds new and exciting additions to the understanding of the human psyche. With this in mind, we can pose the same topic to each major perspective and predict what might be investigated by that discipline. For instance, the topic of emotions and love. Scientists investigating emotions, specifically love, through the perspective of neuroscience would study the brain and its…

recall. A schema is the mental representation of an object, person, events or actions developed from our past knowledge of the world; it allows us to make broad generalizations on how things work around us. This is important as schemas affect our cognitive processes, and heavily integrated into our daily lives as they’re used to organise information, assist with memory recall, predict likely occurrences, and allow us to make sense of new information. Schemas are mental processes within the brain…

Matthew’s cognitive abilities were assessed through the use of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, fifth edition (WISC-V). The areas of cognitive processing ability measured include crystallized intelligence, short-term memory, visual-spatial processing, reasoning ability, and processing speed. The subtests measure different cognitive processing abilities combine to form five index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed which…

is known that as age increases, some cognitive and physical abilities may deteriorate. In a longitudinal research study by Schaie and Willis, three targeted abilities, memory, reasoning, and speed of processing, have been shown to deteriorate with age, beginning on average in the mid-sixties (Schaie & Willis, 2013). One cognitively demanding task is driving. The elderly could find it difficult to perform adequately while driving because of their loss in cognitive ability. Many states have…

1. Why did Wundt believe that experimentation in psychology was of limited uselessness? The distinction is what kind of science can be conducted on what kind of subject. Wundt placed a larger segment of psychology in Geisteswissenschaften than in the Naturwissenschaften (natural), because he realized the limitations of experimentation. Therefore, yes, Wundt believed that experimentation in psychology was of limited usefulness since he argued that in this broad perspective a variety of methods…

There is a distinct line between what is real and what is stored in our memory. False memories are memories for events which never actually occurred. These false memories can come from different sources and take on different forms. “Often times false memories come from our natural impulse to integrate several pieces of information into a single, coherent memory, and we misremember what individual pieces were learned apart from the whole” (Radvansky, 2011, p. 254). In the articles, Correcting…

I usually would not want hear other people’s thoughts because it is a complete invasion of privacy. In a world where it seems like everything is being watched or recorded, a person’s thoughts are all he or she has to him or herself. I am so paranoid that I actually censor my thoughts when surrounded by others because I have the irrational fear that people can read my mind and will think that I’m a complete psychopath. Even if a person is thinking about the reasons why he or she despises me or if…

Based on your readings this week, what does the research show about the new health club owner’s strategy to motivate members to visit the health club and exercise more often? The new health club strategy is defined to motivate others. The owner seems to have motivation and persuasion characterizes such as showing interest, energized, consistency, and scarcity about holding a business to enhance community member’s health (Cialdini, 2001).The new strategy will promote a great amount of…