The hardest part for me in this activity was coming up with a story that involved all the objects. Once I had the story, remembering the objects was easy. This activity influences memory because by putting it into a story it makes you think what came next in the story. If I were to just imagine the pictures by themselves, then it would be hard to remember because some of the objects don't relate to one another. When you are figuring out the story, that is the working memory. Then once you start repeating the story to yourself, it transfers into your long term memory. I remember when taking the ISTEP in elementary, we had to remember objects like this and the order they were in. I wish I was taught this method because that would have helped me a lot.
Thursday, September 29
Module 11 Post 2
A clown got up from bed and ate doughnuts with milk he got from his cow. He sat on his chair and watched deer and bears being hunted by bow and arrows on tv. He went to comb his hair and cut it with scissors. He put his hat on and left for work. At work, he did a performance with an elephant. After work he had lobster for dinner and had cake for dessert. When he got back home he found a mouse in a mousetrap. He gave the mouse to his cat as a gift.
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I agree, coming up with a story was hard! I included almost everything in my story, but I also forgot parts of my story, but I'm not sure why. I guess, even within my story, some things were more cohesive and therefore more meaningful to me. I think I put the cow in when I had the clown drink milk for breakfast, but I was almost lazy for not more creatively including the cow in my story, and therefore, I didn't remember it. But on the other hand, I didn't include the target in my story, even though I tried to think of a connection. But somehow I remembered it while writing down the objects. I think the biggest thing I took away from this was that putting meaningful effort is the best way to commit the information to memory.
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