Question

Provide a personal example of you demonstrating each of the following terms. Include a definition of the term (in your words) and a "little story" of you experiencing each. An example using a term from the previous chapter: Vigilance is the ability to attend to a field of stimuli for an extended period of time. While everyone else was enjoying a restful day at the park, Vicki had to maintain vigilance because she was responsible for a group of children and had to consistently scan the crowded play-yard they were in to make sure each stayed safe. Note how I put the definition in my own words and included a personal scenario using the term. Please use examples different from those provided in the text. Make it clear to me that you know how to apply the term.

recall

recognition

sensory

memory

short-term memory

long-term memory

elaborative rehearsal

maintenance rehearsal

semantic memory

episodic memory

explicit memory

Answer 1

Recall can be defined as to recollect or bring back.As i was reading bedtime stories to my children i could recall the moment i had with my grandmother when i was young.

Recognition is identification of a thing or person from previous encounters or knowledge.When i visited my hometown after 20 years i falied to recognize my childhood friends.

Sensory is relating to sensation or pshysical senses .My friend could not differentiate between hot and cold as his sensory receptors were not functioning properly.

Memory is the mental capacity to retain and revive facts.The children in school were put through memory tests to evaluate their IQ level.

Short term memory is the capacity for holding small amount of information in the mind in an active state readily avaiable in a short period of time. My mother asked me to look up the directory and call the electrician to fix the oven,as i dialled his number my short term memory was effecient.

Long term memory is where information is held indefenetily stored.As i wrote a autobiography of myself i recollected the events of my childhood which were in my long term memory.

Elaborative rehearsal is remebering by establishing connections between the object,past connections and the other objects of focus.I helped the children to remember the planets in the solar system using elaborative rehearsal technique.

Maintenance rehearsal is a type of memory rehearsal useful to maintaining information in short term memory.The children practised maintenance rehearsal by reading from the book and repeating it without looking.

Semantic memory is the knowledge we accumulate throughout our lives.When we talk about our culture we are using the ideas and concepts from our semantic memory.

Episodic memory is a memory of a specific event .The soldiers spoke about their experiences in the war as an episodic memory.

Explicit memory is the conscious recollection of events throught the day.I had to remember the doctor's appoitment so as to not miss it,i had to put my explicit memory to use.