Long-term memory

himself for Ted Lavender’s death. Although O’Brien presents these deaths as facts, the Cracked Podcast suggests that memories are not as exact as previously thought. In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, the narrator retells deaths that became life-changing moments for him, because memories can easily be manipulated, the reader must decide what is true and what is a false memory. Since the narrator was traumatized by Lemon’s unexpected death, he retells the story, which leads…

Alzheimer 's disease has taught me the importance of holding on to memories. In Theory of Knowledge class, I learned about memory as a way of knowing. Memories are vital in knowledge of the recent past. In my experience with my great grandmother’s term with Alzheimer’s, I have held on to many memories that she can no longer share. Even so, these memories will never be forgotten because I will keep them alive. This is because memories need to be passed on to further generations. Going to my…

key components of being able to learn new information is an individual’s ability to retain information. For this reason, a key focus in developing more effective learning strategy is memory, which is responsible for retaining and accessing information to recall previously learned concepts. The significance of memory has been stressed in learning strategies focused on teaching and improving early reading skills in young children. In teaching children to read during the early stages, the most…

O’Brien says that since her death, he has frequently imagined that Linda was alive again. Even though the girl is dead, O’Brien assures that he will never forget her, and she is still living out his memories in his mind. As a portrayal of this belief, his memory representation of Linda told him, “Once you’re alive, you can’t ever be dead (231).” By O’Brien’s remembrance of her, she is brought back to life in his mind. He may not remember exactly how Linda looked when she was nine…

Is the glass half full or half empty? Was half empty to start with, or is it possible that humanity’s virtues somehow evaporated over time? If so, how? Jonathan Swift poses these philosophical questions in his satirical novel Gulliver’s Travels by journaling the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver on his voyages to bizarre and magical islands. Each represents an extreme path mankind could have taken or may take in the future, its consequences, and the observations of a modern observer. His allegory of…

Mistaken behavior is errors in judgement and actions made in the process of learning life skills. Many times we confuse mistaken behavior with misbehavior but it’s quite different. According to Sarah Smith misbehavior implies that it was intentionally, while mistaken behavior implies that it was unintentional. It is easy to say a child is misbehaving by his wrongdoing but we don't think about the cause of his actions. Sometimes children make mistakes like we do but, it is important that we take…

Criticisms and Current Uses of the Rorschach Test The Rorschach Inkblot test is a psychological test that is used to determine certain mental disorders and hidden personalities. The inkblot test can provide some very innovative insights into someone’s unconscious, including hidden personalities and feeling. But it is frequently questioned for it’s validity and reliability. The Rorschach Inkblot test is highly controversial for many reasons but is still widely used today. Before someone…

Any types of memories that involve strong emotions tend to leave a permanent marks in our system and all it takes is a moment. Yet, it takes more times to process general knowledge and experiences into our memories. General memories had to be pair up with effective retrieval cues in order to be more easier to access. While for memories associated with strong emotions, all we need is to witness a traumatic event. Psychologically, they are known as flashbulb memories. However, no matter how…

change, even if it is something that will benefit them, despite their tradition resting purely on faulty human memory. Human memory is key for traditions, to the point than many people write down their traditions so that they don’t forget them, realizing how flawed human memory is. The ritual with the black box has gone on so long that “the original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box [which] rest[..] on the[ir] stool had been put into use even before Old Man…

Helen Thomson of the BBC reported on aphantasia, which is a condition where a person is unable to form mental imagery, or imagine things. Aphantasia fits into cognitive neuroscience, because it related to people’s mental perceptions. Cognition plays a role, but more in a lack of there of sense because people with aphantasia have the inability to creat images with their mind. In the article, Thomson reports about a person named Philip, who had no idea that people had the ability to create mental…