Are you Ms. Forgetful? Understanding how our memory works?
By Nicole Larosa
EDI 15A Psychological Perspective: Teaching & Learning
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
March 3, 2009
I really enjoyed Tuesday's class when we learned about memory. My favorite part of class was the warm-up exercise where we learned some Chinese. I will definitely remember most of the words because I found them very interesting and fun to learn! Hopefully I will be able to learn the Chinese language in my lifetime.
I think that my memory is good. I only remember things that are important to me or things that I find very interesting. However, I was definitely able to remember more information before I got into a car accident and got a concussion. The doctor said my head is fine, but I know something is different. So sometimes I get annoyed when I cannot remember things even when I try to. I've found that I had to change my study habits. I can no longer just listen to the teacher and remember things. Now, I have to write down what the teacher says also. I can be a very selective learner at times. If I do not like something I will not pay attention to it, ignore it, and not learn it until someone forces me to. So, I actually learned about myself in today's class.
Everything I remember does depend on if I pay attention, encode the information and then practice it. However, I am not organized, so that might be a bad thing... I think that everyone should learn how their memory works, it is such an amazing process. The brain is a really interesting part of our body. How can something so small have unlimited storage space? I wonder if a similar process is used in an animals brain because pets seem to be able to learn their own names and remember them for a long time.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
March 3, 2009
I really enjoyed Tuesday's class when we learned about memory. My favorite part of class was the warm-up exercise where we learned some Chinese. I will definitely remember most of the words because I found them very interesting and fun to learn! Hopefully I will be able to learn the Chinese language in my lifetime.
I think that my memory is good. I only remember things that are important to me or things that I find very interesting. However, I was definitely able to remember more information before I got into a car accident and got a concussion. The doctor said my head is fine, but I know something is different. So sometimes I get annoyed when I cannot remember things even when I try to. I've found that I had to change my study habits. I can no longer just listen to the teacher and remember things. Now, I have to write down what the teacher says also. I can be a very selective learner at times. If I do not like something I will not pay attention to it, ignore it, and not learn it until someone forces me to. So, I actually learned about myself in today's class.
Everything I remember does depend on if I pay attention, encode the information and then practice it. However, I am not organized, so that might be a bad thing... I think that everyone should learn how their memory works, it is such an amazing process. The brain is a really interesting part of our body. How can something so small have unlimited storage space? I wonder if a similar process is used in an animals brain because pets seem to be able to learn their own names and remember them for a long time.
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