Sociological terms

The information stored in the long term memory can take many forms. However, most long- term memory can be categorized into one of the several types: episodic, semantic, procedural and emotional memories Episodic memories are memories of specific event that happen to you, and can be easily told to another person. Usually these memories come from personal experience. Episodic memories can be compared to a diary that let you go back in time and let you retrieve a personal…

The Hebbian theory states that “neurons that fire together wire together.” This theory, credited to Canadian psychologist Donald Hebb, is underlying principle for how we learn as well as how we build and maintain new long-term memories. There are two types of long-term memory, explicit and implicit. Explicit memory is memory of facts and events. Explicit memory is formed by encoding. consolidation, storage, and retrieval. Encoding is arranging information for each memory from sensory system and…

Have you ever thought about the process your brain goes through to store all the things you’re able to remember? Just like anything our brain is a muscle that needs to be put to practice. Some of us may have short term memory while others have long term memory. None of this is set in stone. One’s memory capacity can grow over time, should you practice the right exercises. I personally do not have the best memory for certain areas but a great one for others. Throughout my lifetime I have…

In this study, Burnett and his colleagues were exploring visual working memory or more commonly known as short-term memory, and its improvement during childhood. Previous studies have analyzed the total amount of memory that one can withhold in this type of memory. Results from these studies have indicated that children can remember up to four items at a time. Though this previous research provides a basic understanding of how much a memory of a child can withhold Burnett decided to take a step…

Imagine being in the library at the early hours of morning before your final exam. You are thinking to yourself as you are studying why “did I wait last minute to study all this material”. Does this sound familiar to you? Well if so, you are not alone. Many college students find themselves having to cram for exams the night before. According to a poll taken by The Hawk Eye, 99 percent of college kids have reported that they have found themselves in the situation where they need to cram for an…

1. What is the stage model of memory? The stage model of memory is a model that explains the three basic stages of memory which are sensory memory, short-term memory, and long- term memory. Sensory memory registers a large capacity of environmental information while short-term memory has a limited capacity of retrieving information. Short- term memory has new…

Research effort in the past decade has focused primarily on the representation of a single visual display (Jiang et al., 2005). In this article, researchers were trying to compare how good humans are at integrating sequential displays in visual short-term memory. The task was conducted by using trials of sequential arrays on a computer. The first array was a cell with seven black dots on random squares in which the participants would have to memorize the location of the black dots. In addition,…

Which Can You Recall Better? The Effects of Concrete vs. Abstract words and Gum Chewing on Short-term Memory and Long-term Memory Many day to day tasks require us to use our memory. We either have to remember to set our alarm clocks at night or remember to turn off the stove before leaving the house. Unfortunately, some of us are even tasked with having to remember the important dates of historical events for a history exam. What about remembering something as simple as a list of words? Do we…

person really enjoys math, they will be able to retrieve math related information easier than a person who hates math. Likewise if a person enjoys a movie they will most likely be able to remember things from that movie. There are two types of long-term memories; Non-declarative and Declarative. Non-Declarative memories are the memories for habits, skills, and conditioned responses. Tying your shoes is a great example of a non-declarative memory. Declarative memories are the memories for general…

experiment showed that being distraction doesn't affect people having short-term memory, since it scored a mean recall 19.7(video) compared to 17.4 (silent). This experiment may not be all related to the original study, Lloyd and Peterson Margaret (1976) for the reason his experiment was not the same as our experiment.It tend to led to the same results. Peterson and Margaret test showed, there are the similar between recalls of short-term memory. It was reported that most participants have a…