why we forget and how to remember

How is memory encoded and what methods can lead to greater recall? There have been many different models suggested for human memory and many different attempts at defining a specific method of encoding that will lead to greater recall. In this experiment subjects are asked to do a semantic task on a word related to them and an orthographic task in which they analyze the letter in the word. The results of the experiment indicate that the words which where encoded semantically and are related to the self have greater recall.

I don’t remember learning to read. When I think back to when I was little, I can always remember reading. I don’t remember learning letters or having trouble with sight words. When other classmates were learning how to read in kindergarten, I was busy reading Junie B. Jones.

Another strategy, is reviewing your notes. I find that it’s easy to forget what we have wrote down. Reviewing your notes allows maximum recall of the material you write down. Recording the general main idea and details can be more useful than verbal notes. Notes serve to record information for recall and should show the main points of the lecture in an organized manner so that the relationship between points and details are easy to tell apart.

Throughout his poems “Forgetfulness” and “On Turning Ten,” Billy Collins establishes a melancholic tone that is rooted deeply in the concept of forgetting. While Edna St. Vincent Millay establishes a similar melancholic tone, the sadness conveyed throughout “Sonnet II” is rooted not in forgetting, but rather in remembering.

In the article, 4 Reasons Why We Forget People’s Names, studies claim that names do not have synonyms, are capricious, contain multiple words, and are low-frequency words. Because of all of the different cultures and backgrounds of the world, there are an infinite number of names. Words that people use everyday have a definition behind them, but a name does not. Although names may have meaning behind them, they are not a specific thing that everyone refers to as the same. Names tend to be easily forgotten and faces seem to be the one part about a person that an individual often remembers. Psychological research proves that there are parts of the brain that humans use to remember faces quickly and accurately, rather than remembering a name (Ludden).

In the poem “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins he portrays the message of memory loss using figurative language and examples. The message of this poem is saying that memory is a precious thing that we should cherish daily.We should make use of it everyday because everyday the older we get the more memories are being lost because they lose importance.Through Collins use of imagery he allows the reader to have awareness and guilt.Reason for saying so, is because it makes you think of how you’ve been taking advantage of your memories .He gives you notice using metaphors to help us understand the horror of memory loss.The choice of words that the other uses in this poem is very well chosen and helps gives the reader a visual of what losing a memory is like.

Have you ever remembered something that you were 100% positive actually happened, when indeed did not happened at all? According to scientists, the occurrence of such false memories is quite common, so you’re not alone. The question of why our brain creates these false memories, has not been answered yet, but is not a fact. This in fact happened to a young boy named Jim. Jim, had a vivid flashbulb memory from his childhood of a day his parents won the lottery. He remembered everything about that day, where he was sitting, and what board game he and his siblings were playing when they heard the news. Recently, Jim discovered that he was completely wrong about what happened that day and none of those things actually happened.

Short Term Memory Loss. Ironically most of us don’t even think about memory that often, much less Short Term Memory. Because of that, this psychological disorder often tends to get overlooked for a small problem that no one wants to take serious. Most people would recognize this disorder from the popular movie, Finding Nemo. In which one of the main characters suffers from short term memory loss. In the film it’s taken as a lovable flaw, instead of the serious disorder that it is. But Short Term Memory is a lot more than one disorder found in a character in a movie. It is a somber disorder that could happen to any of us. This paper will be going through the gravity of this disorder and the causes to its victims.

Memory sharpness is often associated with age, so to speak. Yet age alone is not enough to significantly reduce a person's ability to remember unless some disorder that block processing pathways exists, like Dyslexia and Alzheimer's. To maintain keen memory and focus, one has to develop perseverance in many aspects of his life as an individual. It is also important to believe that a person of advanced age can still have the effective memory formation system, particularly if there is a decision to enhance and develop perseverance in many other aspects of one's life. While it is true that memory functions lie greatly in our brain's super multi-functions systems, retaining good and sharp memories have been a great challenge for one to develop

How one remembers an event depends on the context in which they witnessed it in. That context is not simply composed of factors such as the weather or the emotional state of the spectator; the larger socio-political context also has a part to play. The 2014 Sochi Winter Games are no exception to this theory, but a prime example of it. The Sochi games come, at least in this author’s mind as a dud. Yes, women were for the first time allowed to participate in the ski jump, and other athletes fulfilled their Olympic dream, but the Cold War “magic” was not there. The Western and Russian Media played their share, the United States and Russia are currently opposed in several significant international conflicts, but we did not witness a Miracle on Ice, or any geopolitical sparks in the competition. This is because the media and political elites built up tensions in their populaces, but abstained from promoting through their athletes.

A range of different and useful topics have been discussed since the start of Pathways to lifelong learning, some of which I found to be of particular help. The college expectations which we learned towards the beginning of the course was especially helpful to learning how to become a critical thinker, something that was not very touched upon throughout my time in high school. I now use Bloom’s Taxonomy when beginning to prepare for an important paper or presentation. In addition to the first chapter, I had also found great help in the second chapter on the skills needed to succeed in school. In the past, I used rehearsal as my main strategy to memorize for any upcoming tests or exams, however that often resulted in either retrieval failure or ineffective encoding. I now use chunking and elaboration as my main strategies to studying as I find it most effective when studying and retrieving information, especially when I am needing to memorize and learn a big amount of material.

Memory makes us. It is, to an extent, a collection of unique and personal experiences that we, as individuals, have amassed over our lifetime. It is what connects us to our past and what shapes our present and the future. If we are unable remember the what, when, where, and who of our everyday lives, our level of functioning would be greatly impacted. Memory is defined as or recognized as the “sum or total of what we remember.” Memory provides us the ability to learn and adjust to or from prior experiences. In addition, memory or our ability to remember plays an integral role in the building and sustaining of relationships. Additionally, memory is also a process; it is how we internalize and store our external environment and experiences. It entails the capacity to remember past experiences, and the process of recalling previous experiences, information, impressions, habits and skills to awareness. It is the storage of materials learned and/or retained from our experiences. This fact is demonstrated by the modification, adjustment and/or adaptation of structure or behavior. Furthermore, we as individuals, envision thoughts and ideas of the present through short-term memory, or in our working memory, we warehouse past experiences and learned values in long-term memory, also referred to as episodic or semantic memory. Most importantly, memory is malleable and it is intimately linked to our sense of identity and where we believe we belong in the world.

Forgetting in Short-term Memory Forgetting can be a useful way in clearing out the un-wanted clutter from our memories. We do not need to remember things like what we wore last Thursday. Displacement We must remember that according to Miller, the capacity of S.T.M is limited to about seven items (+ or - two.) Material that is circulating in our S.T.M that has not been sufficiently processed by our L.T.M. can be pushed out or displaced by new incoming information.

Specific purpose: to increase my audience's understanding of how memory functions and how it affects them.

A range of different and useful topics have been discussed since the start of Pathways to lifelong learning, some of which I found to be of particular help. The college expectations which we learned towards the beginning of the course was especially helpful to learning how to become a critical thinker, something that was not very touched upon throughout my time in high school. I now use Bloom’s Taxonomy when beginning to prepare for an important paper or presentation. In addition to the first chapter, I had also found great help in the second chapter on the skills needed to succeed in school. In the past, I used rehearsal as my main strategy to memorize for any upcoming tests or exams, however that often resulted in either retrieval failure or ineffective encoding. I now use chunking and elaboration as my main strategies to studying as I find it most effective when studying and retrieving information, especially when I am needing to memorize and learn a big amount of material.