Semantic differential

As a project for my Child Development class, I completed an observational child study. I chose a four year old male child of one of my co-workers, whom I had met several months prior to the study. Paxton was born on June 15, 2012 and was six weeks premature. Aside from the requirement of a feeding tube at birth, Paxton suffered no complications. At 30 pounds and 33 inches, he is in the 5th percentile in weight and the 25th percentile in height (Clinical Growth Charts, 2016). His height is…

Memories in the brain are at times recycled from episodic to semantic memories. This transfer makes a memory general knowledge to the individual. That creates more room for new memories. The problem with this system is that a new memory is encoded into an old memory. Both memories may have many similarities, but can have different core context. For example, an individual studies months on a specific question that asks the individual to name four characteristics to a mental disorder, after…

Intro Have you ever questioned why you’re the way you are? Have you ever wondered what makes each person unique from another? Every person is different; therefore, there is an abundance of different perspectives on life, itself. After 18 years, I have found these answers through certain life experiences. Through several different stages of my life, I’ve found answers that I would have never been able to predict. Furthermore, the treacherous journey of life events, I finally have an understanding…

PET studies were done on the encoding/retrieval process of semantic/episodic memory and a unique double asymmetrical pattern was observed in the prefrontal regions (Nyberg et al., 1996). A hemispheric encoding/retrieval asymmetry (HERA) model was proposed to explain this unique pattern. This model states that the left pre-frontal cortex (PFC) is more involved in the retrieval of semantic memories and for encoding new aspects of the retrieved information into episodic memory…

What follows when you try to recall a memory? Do you look up? Close your eyes? At times not recalling it at all? All the frustration that the brain goes through to reminisce meticulously. For someone to reminisce with precision is nearly an impossible task due to the way the brain stores memories, the reconstruction of memories, and temporary and permanent disturbances. Thus, our brain functions like a puzzle, at times creating false pieces to fill in the empty spots. This action of the brain is…

Unit 9 Task E Planning Evaluation (6 Marks) I believe that planning my website was essential. I used a number of formal and informal techniques. Both having advantages and disadvantages. In class, we started to use open mind map to analyse the project. A mind map is a diagrammatic representation of varied elements that relate to a particular subject. Mind maps are used for solving problems, for creating to-do-list for, promoting creative ideas, and for discussing different elements of the…

Peterson et al.’s (2010) research argued that methodology in measuring different genders can influence the amount of information participants are recalling from their earlier childhood memories. Peterson et al. (2010) argued that many of the differences that researchers observe in studies are from how females and males recall their early childhood memories, which is by the administration of a written questionnaires. Furthermore, Peterson et al. (2010 administered oral individual interviews to…

memories that can describe our past. Autobiographical memory includes both episodic and semantic memory. For example, we can remember hiking in the Smokey mountains, seeing all the trees and remembering some of the conversations we had with friends (episodic memory) ; It might also include how you traveled to the Smokey mountains (by plane or car) or a list of your hiking gear and the time of day you hiked (semantic memory). Our memories are the most accurate and vivid when remembering major…

Throughout the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) section of our course, we learned that confabulation, the generation of false memories pronounced with strong feelings of rightness without the intention to deceive, is a symptom that can occur post brain injury. Confabulation as a symptom of brain injury has become a fascinating aspect to me in a couple different ways. For one, confabulation is different than lying in that the individual believes to the full extent that what they are saying is true,…

time. There are four different types of long-term memory. These four types of memory are called procedural, emotional, episodic, and semantic memory. The memories created in these areas are very important for many different reasons. These details can define who we are and what we do based on past experiences. One area of long-term memory is called semantic memory. Semantic memory is a memory of raw data and information, such as remembering dates, mathematical formulas, addresses, the names of…