I did the exercise to demonstrate how humans can create false memory. I read my friend two different lists of words, after each I had him write down all of the words that he could remember from the list on a piece of paper. FIRST LIST WORDS REMEMBERED thread thread pin pin ey...
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MEMORY RELATED DISORDERS: -Memory disorders can range from mild to severe but all result from some kind of neurological damage to the structures of the brain, thus hindering the storage and recollection of memories. -Memories can be progressive like Alzheimer's or Huntington's, or immediate like those resulting from traumatic brain injury. -The most common disorders are effects of ageing. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative and ultimately fatal brain disease in which cell connection in the brain are lost. It is the most common form of dementia and is generally diagnosed in patients over about 65. Th disease was first identified by Alois Alzheimer as early as 1906, but was usually referred to as "senile dementia" and was considered a part of ageing, not an actual brain disease. The most common symptoms of AD are the inability to acquire new memories and difficulty recalling old ones. As the disease these symptoms ...
What is learning? Learning is acquiring knowledge or skills trough experience or by being taught. Often learning is an active process. As a result we learn by connecting what we do to what happens to us. Psychologists call this Operant Conditioning ; a form of learning in which the consequences of a voluntary behavior affect the likelihood that the behavior will reoccur. OPERANT CONDITIONING -Skinner is regarded as the father of operant conditioning -His work was based on Thorndike's (1995) Law of Effect -Skinner introduced the term reinforcement behavior which is reinforced tends to be repeated behavior which is not reinforced tends to die our or be extinguished -He conducted his experiment in the skinner box a box in which rats or other mammals could be placed for observation and testing recorded the animals lever pressing abil...