Archive for November, 2008

  • Using Acronyms to Aid in Memory

    Using Acronyms to Aid in Memory

    Forgetting assumes that information that was stored in the short term or long term memory is now not available or is not accessible. It is in terms of availability and accessibility that the importance of forgetting, with regard to demonstrating separate stages in memory is...

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  • The Nature of Memory

    The Nature of Memory

    The nature of memory can be explained as a set of stages that are necessary but not sufficient for memory to have taken place. These involve “input” -registering or encoding information, where a memory trace is formed from translating the sensory data, “storage” which is...

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  • Coping With PTSD

    Coping With PTSD

    After experiencing a traumatic event, the mind has been known to horde away the details and memories and then send them back at unexpected times and places, sometimes after years have passed. It does so in a haunting way that makes the recall just as...

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  • Operant Conditioning and Social Cognitive Theory

    Operant Conditioning and Social Cognitive Theory

    Definition/Role of learning Learning is to gain knowledge or understanding of a skill by study, instruction, or experience. Social learning is a theory to explain how people learn behavior. People learn through observing others; imitating and adopting the behavior themselves   Increase in learning    Learning...

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  • Piagetian Theory

    Piagetian Theory

    Definition/Role of learning Piaget’s theory of cognitive development explains how human cognitive function differentiates as a child grows. From birth, a baby starts to interact with his surrounding through his sensory and motor activity. From 2 years, a child begins to represent the world through...

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