Process Paper: The Analysis Of The Memory Process
The Memory Process Paper
The Memory Process Paper
Can you imagine what it would be like to have no memories? Memories play an important role in our self-identity and without them we would being living in world that is completely unfamiliar to us. There are two main components to memory and those are short-term memory which has a limited and brief capability to hold and or store information whereas long term memory is virtually limitless in capacity and is more durable. When studying memory it is also important to understand how we encode or acquire knowledge along with how we as individuals are able to retrieve or recall memories. This paper will explain various concepts of memory and as part of the analysis of memory the results from …show more content…
The characteristics of the phonological loop resemble those of short term memory in that it is brief and has a limited capacity. The visuospatial component stores and processes in a visual or spatial form. According to Terry (2009), the purpose of the central executive is to focus, allocate or distribute attention across multiple tasks. As humans we often encounter difficulty when trying to complete multiple tasks at once and this could be our inability to focus full attention on multiple tasks. Professionals continue to debate over how our attention is assigned when completing dual tasks. Some take the stance that the central executive divides our attention between two tasks while others believe that the central executive produces task switching between the two …show more content…
According to Richard Mohs (n.d.), encoding is a biological phenomenon this is rooted in the senses and begins with perception. The better the encoding implies that both the ability to store and retrieve information will also improve (Terry, 2009). One way to better the encoding process is to engage in or separate the conditions of learning while not changing the conditions of storage and retrieval.
This can be applied to the memory test this author participated in described above. Visual encoding took place as I focused on the words and the letters that made up each of the twelve words listed. My auditory system was used when I said the words out loud to myself to assist in trying to remember them. Each of these different sensations travel to a part of the brain known as the hippocampus which integrates these perceptions as they are occurring into one experience, my experience of being able to remember those words (Mohs,
The Memory Process Paper
Can you imagine what it would be like to have no memories? Memories play an important role in our self-identity and without them we would being living in world that is completely unfamiliar to us. There are two main components to memory and those are short-term memory which has a limited and brief capability to hold and or store information whereas long term memory is virtually limitless in capacity and is more durable. When studying memory it is also important to understand how we encode or acquire knowledge along with how we as individuals are able to retrieve or recall memories. This paper will explain various concepts of memory and as part of the analysis of memory the results from …show more content…
The characteristics of the phonological loop resemble those of short term memory in that it is brief and has a limited capacity. The visuospatial component stores and processes in a visual or spatial form. According to Terry (2009), the purpose of the central executive is to focus, allocate or distribute attention across multiple tasks. As humans we often encounter difficulty when trying to complete multiple tasks at once and this could be our inability to focus full attention on multiple tasks. Professionals continue to debate over how our attention is assigned when completing dual tasks. Some take the stance that the central executive divides our attention between two tasks while others believe that the central executive produces task switching between the two …show more content…
According to Richard Mohs (n.d.), encoding is a biological phenomenon this is rooted in the senses and begins with perception. The better the encoding implies that both the ability to store and retrieve information will also improve (Terry, 2009). One way to better the encoding process is to engage in or separate the conditions of learning while not changing the conditions of storage and retrieval.
This can be applied to the memory test this author participated in described above. Visual encoding took place as I focused on the words and the letters that made up each of the twelve words listed. My auditory system was used when I said the words out loud to myself to assist in trying to remember them. Each of these different sensations travel to a part of the brain known as the hippocampus which integrates these perceptions as they are occurring into one experience, my experience of being able to remember those words (Mohs,