Working memory is where the information is put to use and long-term memory enables people to store huge amounts of information for long periods of time. Working memory can hold 5-9 chunks for 5-20 seconds if not rehearsed, but long-term memory can retain material forever and possibly has unlimited capacity.
According to the book, when one can't access the information in their long-term memory, it's referred to as forgetting. Psychologists give three reasons for why people forget things. The first has to do with an encoding failure: when people do not encode information successfully, it may have never reached long-term memory storage in the first place. The second reason has to do with storage decay: sometimes the memory of new information fades or decays. According to Hermann Ebbinghaus, forgetting occurs rapidly in the beginning and then levels off with time. The third and most common is known as retrieval failure, which has to do with the fact that some information is unavailable because we cannot pull up the mental record of the memory. A cause of retrieval failure has to do with interference: when the learning of one item interferes with the retrieval of another item. Interference can either be proactive or retroactive.
Question #2: The difference between development and learning is basically that development is the process in which helps the learning process. An individual has to develop certain concepts and experiences in order to learn them. Both of them (development and learning) are never ending cycles.
When someone does not practice certain skills frequently it may cause weakening in synaptic connections or degenerating in a process known as synaptic pruning. One thing that helped me understand this concept better is in module six when they described the brain as being an example of the "use-it-or-lose-it" principle.
Working memory is where the information is put to use and long-term memory enables people to store huge amounts of information for long periods of time. Working memory can hold 5-9 chunks for 5-20 seconds if not rehearsed, but long-term memory can retain material forever and possibly has unlimited capacity.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the book, when one can't access the information in their long-term memory, it's referred to as forgetting. Psychologists give three reasons for why people forget things. The first has to do with an encoding failure: when people do not encode information successfully, it may have never reached long-term memory storage in the first place. The second reason has to do with storage decay: sometimes the memory of new information fades or decays. According to Hermann Ebbinghaus, forgetting occurs rapidly in the beginning and then levels off with time. The third and most common is known as retrieval failure, which has to do with the fact that some information is unavailable because we cannot pull up the mental record of the memory. A cause of retrieval failure has to do with interference: when the learning of one item interferes with the retrieval of another item. Interference can either be proactive or retroactive.
ReplyDeleteQuestion #2: The difference between development and learning is basically that development is the process in which helps the learning process. An individual has to develop certain concepts and experiences in order to learn them. Both of them (development and learning) are never ending cycles.
ReplyDeleteWhen someone does not practice certain skills frequently it may cause weakening in synaptic connections or degenerating in a process known as synaptic pruning. One thing that helped me understand this concept better is in module six when they described the brain as being an example of the "use-it-or-lose-it" principle.
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