Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

What is out there in space? This is a question that has plagued many a generation while writing papers for school. This question still plagues students today. I’m going to discuss what I feel are the top three reasons why space exploration is still a viable and much needed program in today 's society as well as for future generations to come. The show Star Trek says, “Space is the final frontier.” Space exploration in general, as well as long term survival and the benefit of natural resources…

were asked to report on the reception of their learning about the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. They investigated subjects’ accuracy of the incident within 24 hours of the event and again three years later. 24 hours after the incident, nearly 8% of subjects confidently reported they learned about the news from the television and after re-testing 3 years later, 42% of participants reported to hearing about the disaster from the television, which was a 39% drop in consistency (Neisser &…

The theory of flashbulb memory was suggested in 1977 by Brown and Kulik, and is described as a “special type of emotional memory which refers to vivid and detailed memories of highly emotional events, that appear to be recorded in the brain as though with the help of a camera’s flash” (Crane and Hannibal). Brown and Kulik suggested that there may be “a special neural mechanism that triggers an emotional arousal because the event is unexpected or extremely important”. There have been many studies…

Tali Sharot in, The Optimism Bias, delves into the human brain and brings up a collection of scientific experiments relating to our brain's responses to various stimuli. One of her most compelling arguments was in opposition to the reliability of the human’s ability to recall and recount information; she questioned age-old theories of flashbulb memories, that claim emotion enhances memory, and finds a gap between her subjects confidence and their ultimate performance. This essay is going to…

In my younger school years, the biggest thing was having a television in the classroom. That piece of technology, which today is not even remotely important, made it possible for me to watch the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster as it unfolded live. From transistor radios to cassette player from computers to tablets, technology is where we are now. Students rarely get an actual textbook to take home. Today, most pedagogical research concerning laptops focuses…

A BADGE OF HONOR? “Our society seems to place a moral value on sleeping as little as possible… . Saying ‘I’m tired and I’m going to sleep’ is viewed as being lazy.” Sleep research Dr. Eve Van Cauter (Brody) provided this adequate description of how our high demand, 24 hours a day, seven days a week world, is robbing substantial numbers of people of sleep. For many Americans “inadequate sleep is a workaholic’s badge of honor” (Brink). We proudly pin on our badge of sleep deprivation and polish…