Understanding Psychology And The Ways

Doidge mentioned, we think of having a mental decline. We also think that our brain does all the developing as we are growing up, and when we hit the age of adulthood it is done growing. What most people aren’t aware of, is how untrue that really is. As adults, our environments change as we are going through college, jobs, or moving around and those environments all have an impact on the new connections made in our brain. It has been shown why we have that mental decline and how it is connected to our senses. In the BrainHQ article, they talk about how our memory gets worth with age. An example was due to the fact that we start to lose our senses, like eye sight, sense of touch, as well as hearing. With this, we don’t process our experiences as well which results in not being able to store memories like we once used

When the recent focus is mainly on studying memory decline that is caused by diseases, memory decline that occurs with normal aging is being disregarded. According to Daselaar and Cabeza, it is important to confine between normal age-related memory decline and the one that is caused by a disease, such as Alzheimer’s, so the person can be provided with the proper treatment at the right time (Daselaar and Cabeza 2008, 577). In my point of view, the main focus of these studies should be on episodic memory, because it is affected the most by aging in comparison to other long-term memory components such as semantic and implicit memory. Denice C. Park and her coworkers have shown in their research (2002) that as verbal knowledge increases across the life span, processing-intensive tasks start to decline since we are on our 20’s. These include for example long term memory, speed of processing, and short term memory; with long-term memory being significantly the most responsive to decline. Since long-term memory has been found to be the most sensitive to age-related cognitive changes, the onset time of this decline has been studied

We are less physically and mentally flexible, and take more time to process information, according to (Underwood, 2014). Memory changes occur as well, and it’s common to have greater difficulty remembering names of people, places and other things as we age. Normal forgetting has several types blocking, suggestibility, and bias which they mostly occur while aging. These three types are the most common and it appears during any age but it gets worse when the person get older. The first type, blocking this type of forgetting is when the person tries to remember something that is already in his/her memory but not being able to remember at that time or say it out load right at the moment. (Daniel, 2011). When people age they are more relevant of memory loss but that doesn’t mean that they completely lost their memory but in the mean time they cannot immediately recall the information. Blocking memory which also is an example of the tip-of- the- tongue (TOT), “an experience in which one is certain that information is in memory but is temporarily unable to retrieve it” (Brown, 1991,

As people age they change in many different ways, biologically and physically; not everyone ages the same. When you get older you are physically slower and very forgetful. Why do people's cognitive functions decrease with aging? “ If scientists really knew the answer to that question, we might have already developed a "cure" for memory loss.”, says the UCSB scienceline. Basically there are two types of memory loss, short term and long term memory loss. Short term memory helps you remember where you put your things, like your shoes or your keys. This is the type of memory that suffers most when we get older. Sadly this is also the type of memory that we depend on in our daily lives.

Memory is a brain function that allows us to retain information and retrieve it when necessary (Nevid, p. 212). Considered as the storage of the past life, memory constitutes our internal biographies and defines who we are as human beings. Obviously, no one wants to experience memory loss. However, occasional memory failures are commonly seen in aging adults. This research paper, therefore, is devoted to understand what kinds of memory loss are associated with normal aging, why memory impairment is age-related, and what we can do to retain and improve our memory.

Taking this course has certainly enabled me to know and understand the scientific reasons for how and why we think and act the way we do in certain situations. Understanding that psychology is the study of the mind and behavior, I think the key to really understanding psychology begins with understanding how the mind works; then everything else starts to make sense.

What I thought was interesting to read in chapter 8, middle adulthood, was the different types of memory. Memory is traditionally viewed as three sequential components: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Sensory memory is the memory that stores our information. Next, information that moves into short-term memory, which holds it for only 15 to 25 seconds and our long-term memory holds information on a relatively permanent basis. Though, sensory memory and short-term memory show virtually no weakening in the middle age. Long-term memory, however, declines for some people as age increases. I thought this part about memory was more interesting than others because I originally thought that older individuals have a good long-term

Chronologically, we are going to age regardless of what people like to believe; certain parts of the brain shrink during aging, especially the prefrontal cortex (an area at the front of the frontal lobe) and the hippocampus. Both areas are important to memory (National Institute on Aging, 2015). The hippocampus deals with the formation of long-term memories

Memory is how we as human’s store past events in our minds to retrieve them at a later time. Our ability to remember and retrieve these past memories can be likened to how a computer functions, such as in the information processing approach. This approach gives emphasis to the basic practice of remembering, and the steps involved in our mental functionality (Sigelman & Rider, 2014). As humans, our memory and ability to recall information naturally declines as we age, and there are many possible reasons for this declined ability, such as not having to rehearse information as often after retirement, or the lack of mental exercise and regular maintenance done for the brain.

As we progress through life, it seems that simple things become difficult to recall. The question is does memory decline with age. There have been numerous debates about whether age has any correlation with memory deterioration or if our lapse in the recollection of our memories is contributed to stress we are experiencing. Another important factor that we must consider is the illnesses that are linked to memory loss such as Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. How does a researcher examine memory decline in humans in respect to age? Biology plays a key role in aspect to memory loss and the illnesses associated with memory loss; gender also seems to be a significant factor when discussing memory deficits.

As we approach old age, memory complications are inclined to increase. There you are at a business function and you see a colleague across the room. As you walk over, you suddenly realize you can't remember the person's name. The chances are you are not developing Alzheimer's disease, even though many people might be of the assumption that you have already contracted it. You are simply experiencing a breakdown associated with the process of memory, a breakdown that many of us begin to experience in our twenties and that tends to get worse as we reach our fifties. At this age, loss of function appears in many animals and it starts with the inception of sexual maturity.

That normal age associated memory decline is not uniform. For instance, semantic memory remains stable and may even increase as one ages whereas declarative episodic memory decreases as one ages. Therefore, an older person, especially after 60 will have a hard time remembering what they ate for breakfast the last, whereas a younger person would remember that with more ease. In addition, as one ages their working memory decreases and this decline suggests declines in other cognitive areas. These cognitive declines may begin as young as 20 and would get worse with time. Short term memory seems to be relatively stable with a decline after 70 and semantic memory stays intact until much later in

In Cognitive Psychology, there is a concept known as the lifespan approach to development which explains how our cognitive processes changes as we grow older (Matlin, 2013). To “understand the origins of cognitive skills,” it is important for researchers to study the cognitive processes of both young and old adults (Matlin, 2013, p. 455). However, through the years, many stereotypes have been formed, linking growing older to forgetfulness. For instance, it is believed that as we age, we experience a substantial decline in our cognitive abilities (Matlin, 2013). Such stereotypes may result from sociocultural factors. Nelson (2016), suggests that different cultures have varying views on their aging members. While, some have a positive view on aging other have a negative view (Nelson, 2016). Nonetheless, negative aging stereotypes can cause older adults to believe that they will not pass memory tests. This is known as the stereotype threat effect (Geraci & Miller, 2013). In addition, studies conducted on age -related memory performance have demonstrated that older adults tend to receive significantly lower scores than younger adults. However, the article, “Improving Older Adults’ Memory Performance Using Prior Task Success,” in Psychology And Aging, suggests that experience in completing cognitive tasks can help older adults improve their memory performance (Geraci & Miller, 2013). Yet, before the researchers can examine how to improve memory performance in older

Mental disorders affects 1 out of 5 people each year (Kallivayalil). Psychology has a way of understanding mental disorders and how they function. There are many branches to psychology that leads to many jobs that are beneficial more than most people realize. Majoring in psychology can go a lot farther than just in the medical field. If someone chooses to become a politician they should understand human behavior for the better of their region. Understanding how humans work will provide solutions to improve systems and manage relations with everyone else in the world (Miller). Knowing how people behave and how their brain functions will provide an extra edge when trying to assist them. There are many different forms of psychology which

This course has proved to be immensely stimulating and the professor has most definitely imparted knowledge pertaining to psychology in a very comprehensive and relative manner. We start out with the very basics of Psychology and we try to build up from those fundamental concepts such that it is not only easy to retain the concepts but also apply them in everyday definition.