idk why im so happy rn as if im not about to fail both of my tests this week (ᵕ—ᴗ—)
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it’s been a while since i’ve been into my schoolwork that i’ve gotten actually mad at an author i had to read but omg i just read the most condescending ass truly. AND he’s wrong (imo) about his interpretation of the source material, i mean, pick a struggle dude. “the informed reader” — who the fuck do you think you are actually?
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ap psych study–chapter 8: memory
𐙚 memory: an active system that receives, encodes, stores, and retrieves information from the brain.
the stages of memory:
- encoding: sensory info is converted into usable form for the brain’s storage systems; the first memory system to receive sensory info.
- storage: maintaining, organizing, and retaining the encoded info over time.
- retrieval: accessing the stored info and bringing it back into conscious awareness.
the types of memory storage systems:
- sensory memory: the first system where info enters the nervous system; here, info is encoded as neural msgs, and only lasts a fraction of a second.
- working memory: an active system that processes the info within short-term memory.
- long-term memory: the system in which all info is placed to be kept almost permanently.
example of memory processing:
remembering an acquaintance’s name. you encoded the name by repeating it while looking looking it their face, stored it by associating with name with the face, and retrieved it later to greet them.
𐙚 anterograde amnesia: occurs when a person cannot form long-term memories. people with this have damage to the hippocampus area of the brain.
types of explicit (declarative) memory:
𐙚 explicit memory: memory of facts (things that can be stated outright).
- semantic memory: general knowledge that anyone has the ability to know; learned in school or by reading.
⤷ ex: knowing about the government scandal regarding oil reserves from 1912 called Teapot Dome.
- episodic memory: memories of what happened in the past to a specific person, like childhood events/birthdays; autographical memory.
𐙚 iconic memory: our visual sensory system that only lasts for a fraction of a second. Information entering this system will be quickly pushed out by new information through a process called masking.
⤷ ex: seeing light trails from fireworks, the lingering image of a room after a light burns out.
𐙚 selective attention: the ability to focus on only one stimulus from among all current sensory input. this filters out miscellaneous stimuli.
𐙚 normal short-term memory capacity for most people is 7 minutes.
types of sensory memory:
- echoic memory: allows a person to remember what someone just said long enough to recognize the meaning of a phrase/tune.
- iconic memory: helps the visual system view surroundings as continuous and stable in spite of saccadic movements.
𐙚 retrieval cues: memories that are held in storage by a web of associations. these associations are like anchors that help us retrieve information from storage.
𐙚 procedural memory: a type of long-term, implicit memory responsible for “how” to do things without conscious effort.
⤷ ex: motor skills, habits
𐙚 processing theory: describes how the mind encodes, stores, and retrieves information, often compared human cognition to a computer.
𐙚 effortful processing: the conscious, intentional, and attention-heavy encoding of information into long-term memory.
⤷ ex: studying for a test, rehearsing vocabulary, or learning a new skill.
𐙚 parallel distributed processing model: suggests that info is processed simultaneously across multiple, interconnected networks of neural units rather than in step-by-step fashion.
𐙚 flashbulb memory: a type of automatic encoding that takes place in the event of an unexpected event/episode in a person’s life that has strong emotional associations with it.
⤷ memories of highly emotional events seem vivid and detailed, as a person’s mind took a “flash picture” of the moment in time.
𐙚 mnemonic: a memory-enhancing technique that organizes individual pieces of info into larger, familiar, and meaningful units (chunks) to increase the capacity of short-term/working memory.
𐙚 imagery: mental pictures of visual representations we create in our minds, used as a way to enhance memory or visualization skills.
⤷ ex: visualizing a childhood home to recall details.
𐙚 priming: an implicit memory phenomenon where exposure to a stimulus unconsciously influences the response to a later stimulus.
𐙚 elaborative rehearsal: a way of increasing the number of retrieval cues for info by connecting new info with something that is already well-known.
𐙚 serial position effect: a memory phenomenon where items at the beginning (primary effect) and end (recency effect) of a list are recalled better than those in the middle. it suggests that the order of information affects retrieval, with early items in long-term memory and last items in short-term memory.
𐙚 mood congruent memory: the cognitive tendency to recall experiences, information, or memories that match one’s current emotional state.
⤷ happy moods trigger positive memories, while sad moods trigger negative ones–affecting how information is retrieved.
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just got told by all my teachers that they’re expecting a*s from me in everything so that’s a fun amount of pressure. does anyone know how to stop feeling like such an imposter when they do well academically?
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wooooo
we got second place at my academic comp for English!!! We had a near perfect score but missed one question and first place had a perfect score, but still!!!
it was our opening invitational too, and we (the English team) scored highest out of all the other teams!!
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Ok so I have 2 options:
- I can finish all of my assignments for the week today (which will take a while, but lowkey would be so worth it) and pretty much be on spring break a week early
- OR I can struggle to do a single assignment the whole week and do everything last minute, therefore working during spring break to catch up…
I think we ALL know which I’m going to choose
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when you want to write your smutty gay fanfic but there are economic history assignments to complete 😔
