Memory: A Comprehensive Guide to Its Types, Functions, and Neurobiology
Memory: A Complex Functional System
Memory is a complex functional system that is organized in different levels, active by nature, and unfolds in time through a series of successive links. It has no specific place where it is located.
Multialmacen Theory
Short-Term Memory (STM)
- There is no index to measure the ability of the STM.
- STM capacity depends on the type of task and type of recovery requested, not a fixed number.
- Recovery rates influence the amount of information held in STM.
- These indices appear
Child Development Analysis: Cognitive, Affective, Language & Social Aspects
Cognitive Development
Preoperational Stage (Approximately 2-7 Years Old)
Egocentricism:
- Sometimes appears absorbed in their own world and may not respond to questions directly.
- Focuses intently on the interview process (this behavior is expected to decrease with age, ideally by around 4 years old).
- Engages in storytelling and readily discusses personal experiences.
- Provides specific details in their narratives and uses gestures to convey age accurately.
Intuitive Thinking (Typical of 4-6 Year Olds):
- Demonstrates
Group Dynamics: Understanding Team Formation and Overcoming Challenges
Group Dynamics: A Guide to Team Formation and Overcoming Challenges
Introduction
Group dynamics is a discipline that studies the forces acting on a group and how they influence its behavior. Understanding group dynamics is crucial for forming effective teams and achieving desired outcomes.
Team Formation
To form a successful team, it is essential to follow these steps:
1. Orientation
* Establish clear goals and objectives. * Define roles and responsibilities. * Foster a sense of belonging and shared purpose.
Read MoreMental Health Guide: Understanding Disorders, Symptoms, and Treatments
Mental Illness
Any disturbance of thought, feeling, perception, behavior, and general adaptation to the environment due to a disorder of the brain’s operation. This disturbance may be due to multiple causes.
Base
An alteration of thought.
Causes
- Injury
- Environmental factors
- Substance use
- …and more
Manifestations
- Inability to recognize reality
- Unusual behavior from a statistical point of view
- Deviant behaviors considered socially unacceptable
- Undesirable or obnoxious behaviors or thoughts
Duration
Serious mental
Read MoreTeam Characteristics and Organizational Structure
Task Interdependence
- Pooled interdependence: Members complete work separately, work is “pooled” to create group’s output
- Sequential interdependence
- Members specialize in one of many sub-tasks, which are done in a prescribed order to complete team’s objective
- One slow person or a difficult sub-task can hold the group back (“weakest link”), because each sub-task is required to complete the team’s objective
- No way for other members to take up the slack
- Reciprocal interdependence
- Members specialize
Culture Shock: Understanding and Managing the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Transitions
Culture Shock: A Communication Problem
Culture shock is a common experience for individuals who immerse themselves in a new cultural environment. It arises from the challenges of adapting to unfamiliar verbal and non-verbal communication styles, customs, and value systems.
Symptoms of Culture Shock
- Loss of identity and sense of belonging
- Strain and stress due to necessary psychological adjustments
- Rejection or confusion regarding one’s role in the new culture
- Feelings of powerlessness and inadequacy