Memory card

Memories can help one go back into the past, maybe as a child, a rebellious teenager, or as a maturing adult. The two texts “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White, and “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins explores this topic in their writing, developing a common theme that memories are an important part of every person. For instance, Collins writes about how people tend to forget many memories over time without realizing it, such as books they had once read, or math that they haven’t used in a while.…

Memory is imperfect and susceptible to suggestion. It is because of this fact that dissociative amnesia (repressed-recovered memories) is such a contested matter, particularly when it is being used as grounds for a court case. Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Harrison Pope took it upon himself and his team at the Biological Psychiatry Lab at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital to find out whether or not dissociative amnesia is present in written works throughout history. Under the umbrella of…

Alexis Fry Dr. Larson October 23rd, 2017 Does Color affect Memory? We correlate color with emotions in our everyday lives. We see red and think bad such as a grade on a test, we see yellow and think caution, blue could be interpreted as sad or calming, green is happy, black is neutral, and so on. While color can evoke an emotional response, can it affect memory? This is what I have decided to further research for my independent study. I hypothesize that when administered a list of items and…

Memories have a major influence on everyone. They can define who someone is, alter memories, or be good/bad things that are remembered. In the memory play, The Glass Menagerie, the character’s memories are either inaccurate or altered because something was too painful so it needed to be blocked out which could cause new memories to form. A memory can be affected by emotion, which causes people to forget or exclude some parts of a memory. A question that is constantly asked is “Can emotion…

the volunteer to act like a duck. The volunteer had no idea why they were doing this, and I found it to be quite funny. After reading the chapter I found that hypnosis can be a powerful tool in psychology. It could benefit one’s physical abilities, memory, help with amnesia, pain relief, and with sensory changes. The problem with this is that not everyone is susceptible to hypnosis. “About 75 percent of people can be hypnotized, but only 40 percent will be good hypnotic participants” (Coon &…

to properly manage the disease, people with HIV need prospective memory. Prospective memory is the ability for a person to remember what tasks need to be completed in the future, including taking medications on time and going to doctor appointments. The two main types of cues for prospective memory are time-based cues that…

to pay credit card bill while she is boxing. The good thing is that she is using the Citi Bank Simplicity card. It also says it is the only card that users don’t need to pay annual fee, late fee, and penalty rate. The intended audiences for this advertisement are people who might have same problems as Erica. By giving these new services, the commercial can persuade the audiences to change their credit cards. I believe that there must be a lot of people forget to pay their credit card bill, so…

Data breaches caused by illegal hacking at Target were in themselves tragedies and worrisome events; not only for the company, but for the customers in general who shop at the store locations nation-wide. However, considering various steps taken by Target upon realization of the breaches, it is hard to defend or picture exact wrongful doings or violation of laws by Target. Let’s keep in mind that electronic data and information breaches are hard to prevent; this is mostly due to…

Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, which examines how the brain’s meager grasp of statistics can lead to poor choices. Kahneman essentially separates the brain into two parts: System 1, which makes quick, intuitive assessments based on associative memories, and System 2, which deals with more involved decisions. The inherent laziness of System 2, a function of its limited resources, leads the brain to make often-inaccurate judgements – especially in the realms of logic, probability, and…

Yugioh is a card game that is played by two people. Or played two versus two. Yugioh is about a card game that has monster,spells,and traps. There is also a tv show where the characters are playing Yugioh. And the way they play it is how the card game is played. But it is only a little bit different. There are many rules you need to memories to play correctly. some of the rules are that you can not summon more than one monster. Unless the monster is special summoned. And you can not…