Achieving and Maintaining Individual Excellence Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines excellence as the quality of superiority. The work excellence is synonymous with distinction‚ greatness‚ flawlessness‚ impeccability‚ and perfection (Merriam-Webster‚ 2006). The pursuit of excellence is the search for perfection. The consensus of today’s society is that nothing is perfect and perfection is unobtainable. Although that may be true‚ I believe that by reaching for excellence‚ or perfection
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behaviour = classical conditioning ( conditioned stimuli) & instrumental learning ( discriminative stimuli) Stimulus Control - Habit Learning Motivation = Why individuals initiate choose or persist in specific actions in specific circumstance Motivation is transient / temporary fluctuation of state ( learning is enduring ) and it is energizing Motivation vs Learning: Car analogy - motivation translates learning into action 4 Theories on Motivation: Instinct Theory How
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Short-Term Memory Short-term memory is the ability of holding a small amount of information in mind‚ which is in a short duration and capacity. Different from the long-term memory‚ a short-term memory can disappear in seconds and limited in capacity. The current study shows that short-term memory can be affected by less grammatical incongruence which may demonstrate the sensitivity of the language-learning ability in infants. From the article that I found‚ the researchers’ findings complement other
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A Comparative Study of Long-term and Short-term Memory between Athletes and Non-Athletes ABSTRACT Physical exercise has demonstrated to considerably affect stimuli in the brain to increase an individual’s memory. Athletes will have better long-term and short-term memory compared to those who are not athletes. The intent of this study was to evaluate and compare the long-term and short-term memory of athlete and non-athlete. Twenty participants were tested‚
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Chapter Outline SUMMARY OUTLINE I. Overview of Adler’s Individual Psychology An original member of Freud’s psychoanalytic group‚ Alfred Adler broke from that group and advocated a theory of personality that was nearly diametrically opposed to that of Freud. Whereas Freud’s view of humanity was pessimistic and rooted in biology‚ Adler’s view was optimistic‚ idealistic‚ and rooted in family experiences. II. Biography of Alfred Adler Alfred Adler was born in 1870 in a town near Vienna‚ a
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As a child everything was so much more simple. Day after day I only had one objective on my mind‚ and that was to go outside and have as much fun as I possibly could before the sun went down and it became dark‚ that was when I had to be home. My cousins lived right next to me so i can always remember going outside and swimming in our swimming pool‚ and then we would go over to our grandmothers house for lunch‚ she lived on the other side of my house right next door‚ I will never forget going over
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Forgetting When a memory of a past experience is not activated for days or months‚ forgetting tends to occur. Yet it is erroneous to think that memories simply fade over time—the steps involved are far more complex. In seeking to understand forgetting in the context of memory‚ such auxiliary phenomena as differences in the rates of forgetting for different kinds of information also must be taken into account. It has been suggested that‚ as time passes‚ the physiological bases of memory tend to change
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1. Memory Improvement Basics Basic tips such as improving focus‚ avoiding cram sessions and structuring your study time are a good place to start improving your memory and be a more effective learner. -Focus your attention on the materials you are studying. Attention is one of the major components of memory. In order for information to move from short-term memory into long-term memory‚ you need to actively attend to this information. Try to study in a place free of distractions such as television
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Memory Process Paper University of Phoenix PSYCH 550 Dr. Yahr July 25‚ 2013 Memory Process Paper Has there ever been a time were you just couldn’t remember someone names‚ and how embarrassed you were‚ or forgetting an important speech to be given to an important client for work. As a child I can remember playing a lot of cards that were meant to improve my memory. One particular game involved taking a deck of playing laying them all out‚ and finding the pair. The person with the most
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My Memory I remember six years ago when I moved to the United States‚ I barely knew how to speak English. I only knew a couple words like "hello‚ how are you?”. That was all I had a chance to learn in school before I moved to the United States. I was surprised with everyone around me‚ maybe because the language everyone spoke to communicate with others was one that I could not understand. We did not do anything except sleeping for about a week. When we started getting used to the weather and the
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