Procedural memory

“Strive for excellence!”, “Keep pushing yourself to the best of your ability.” , and “Have heart.” These are just a few of the many words of encouragement my dad would tell me as I grew up. At the time, I thought he was only referring to the sports I was playing. Whether it was gymnastics, softball, basketball, or volleyball, he was always pushing me to be the best I could be. I never dreamed these words would mean so much to me and ensue me to aspire my accomplishments thus far and the…

Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, and Tarule investigated the ways women create meaning of their experiences. Their study focused on 135 women of various ages and backgrounds who were interviewed about their upbringing, relationships, decision-making skills, and personal goals – knowledge acquired throughout their lives. Through their analysis of these interviews, Belenky et al. challenged traditional androcentric knowledge theories (e.g. Perry, 1970). From their life experiences women develop ways…

James Anderson Stephen Sullivan Fall strategy first October 7, 2015 How to win friends and influence people By Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People which was written by Dale Carnegie gives techniques and examples as to how to be successful in an ever changing social world. The book list solutions on how to handle people, how to get people to take interest in you, and how to be a leader. Dale Carnegie throughout the book goes on to…

Memory is an area of cognition that is thought to both be affected by, and be an integral part of the substance abuse cycle. Whereas addiction was once believed to be attributed to a lack of willpower, or flaws of character, much of the current understanding realizes it is a complex interplay between individual genetic, biological, developmental, and environmental characteristics (Koob & Volkow, 2009). The overreaching scope of this paper is to examine the connections between addiction and…

(2010). different studies have shown the negative effects of drug use on working memory: Morphine has been shown to impair working memory (Friswell et al.,2008); polydrug users who preferred cocaine or heroin, continued to have cognitive impairments, including working memory, up to five months into abstinence (VerdejoGarcía, and Pérez-García, 2007); methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) caused working memory impairment even two and a half years after cessation of use (Thomasius et al.,…

basic human survival. These needs include but are not limited to sex, emotion reactions (anger, fear,sadness,etc). The amygdala also triggers aversive cues such as sweaty palms in response to high tension situations. The amygdala helps to process memories in a way that is beneficial to survival. For example in one was bitten by a dog, the amygdala would process that event as distressing, resulting in an increased alertness around dogs in the future. Due to its highly emotional nature, the…

Everyone has their unique ways of learning something from start to finish. Often times we take for-granted our abilities to successfully teach a task or technique to ourselves not to mention others. Once we find that drive or that spark we can put forth the effort to teach us something that we have never learned before. Its all about the ideas behind what actually goes into learning something new. In an effort to gain a better understanding of how we learn I have thought of a learning goal,…

Memory Structures Amnesia is a partial or total loss of memory. It is usually caused after an event causing brain damage and has 2 major symptoms. The first, anterograde amnesia, is the inability to learn new, explicit information after trauma. The second, retrograde amnesia, is the inability to retrieve explicit information from time prior to trauma, with a temporal grading, meaning newer memories are more susceptible to loss (Psych 240 Lecture, 10-15-14). Amnesia has been the focus of…

MEMORY TRAINING 2 Running Head: MEMORY TRAINING 1 Memory Training in Older Adults Name PSY307 A02 Adulthood and Aging Argosy University Abstract This paper discusses normal memory loss due to aging as compared to memory loss due to dementia. It summarizes Cavallini, Pagnin, and Vecchi's 2003 study of improved memory function in older adults through mnemonics and strategic training. This paper then explores a design for a study to enhance memory through visual mnemonics and…

that human memory can be sub-divided into different systems, therefore psychologists produce theories of memory based on research which can be applied for practical use to support their ideas. The aim of the theories are to help explain how memory works and whether they can be of help to science. For example, understanding how memory is affected by suffers of amnesia or brain injuries. James argued that memory should be split into primary memory and secondary memory. The former is memory based…