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Memorization Or Emotion Focused Coping Strategies

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Memorization is an important part of daily living. Often, individuals are faced with difficult and stressful tasks throughout the day that may hinder their ability to recall or retain certain information. Researchers have measured memorization based on cognitive ability and age, but there is not much research on coping with the effects of a stress induced environment and memorization. Recalling information in these instances may induce more stress, resulting in the utilization of problem focused or emotion focused coping strategies. Many studies have measured memory and word recall in relation to cognitive ability and age by using list learning tests and multitrial (Garvett & Horwitz, 2012; Krueger & Salthouse, 2013). The positioning of …show more content…

It may be beneficial to look at how individuals perform on word recall tests in stress induced environments to analyze how they choose cope. Whether the use of problem focused or emotion focused coping strategies are utilized, putting a strict time constraint a word recall list tests will measure memory and induce stress. In doing so, the current study will be able to measure both memorization and the coping strategy (problem or emotion focused) most used by individuals to recall the words on the list. Different scales and assessments were used in the various studies to measure memory and certain cognitive abilities and memory such as the Item Response Theory to measure the construct validity of the serial position effect in relation to verbal episodic memory (Garvett & Horwitz, 2012) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence and Memory Scale used to measure the reliability of the relationship between cognitive processes and memory (Krueger & Salthouse, 2013). Instead of looking at the relationship between age, cognitive ability, and memory, the current study will utilize the Carver Scale to measure coping strategies in relation to the stress of word …show more content…

By using this scale, we will be able to determine if problem focused coping strategies or emotion focused coping strategies are more prevalent in memory oriented situations. According to Carver and Scheier, aspects of problem focused coping is characterized by, but are not limited to activities such as planning, active coping, restraint coping, suppression of competing activities, etc. Aspects of emotion focused coping is characterized by seeking emotional support, looking to religion, positive reinterpretation, denial, acceptance, etc. (Carver & Scheier,

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