Understanding Memory and Learning Processes

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Understanding Memory and Learning

Memory: Definition and Types

Definition: Memory is the psychological process that retains, stores, retrieves, and deletes data.

Both types of memory work together.

Types of Memory

  1. Declarative Memory: This is the ability to store information related to language (numbers, addresses, theories, etc.).
  2. Memory of Facts: This includes stored numbers, processes, and sense of time.

Temporal Phases of Memory

  1. Sensory Memory: This is the most basic type, related to environmental stimuli
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Social Psychology: Key Concepts, Assumptions & Applications

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Social Psychology Summary

Key FeaturesMethodology
Basic AssumptionsAreas of Application
  • All behavior occurs in a social context, even when nobody else is physically present
  • A major influence on people’s behavior, thought processes and emotions are other people and the society they have created
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Understanding the 5 Stages of Children’s Drawing Development

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Drawing Stages of Infant Development

A child, in the process of creating their world, goes through a series of drawing stages:

  • Involuntary Drawing (Scribbling Stage, 2-4 years). This is the most important part. It is involuntary, characterized by messy scrawls.
  • Realism Training (Pre-schematic Stage, 4-7 years).
  • Intended Realism (Schematic Stage, 7-9 years).
  • Visual Realism (Pseudorealistic Stage, 12-14 years).
  • Adolescent Crisis (14-17 years).

Evolution of Graphics

This process provides guidance to the teacher

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Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform, and Schizoaffective Disorders

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F20.xx Schizophrenia

Characteristic symptoms: Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if successfully treated):

  1. Delusions
  2. Hallucinations
  3. Disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence)
  4. Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
  5. Negative symptoms, such as affective flattening, alogia, or apathy

Note: Only one symptom is required in Criterion A if delusions are bizarre, or if delusions consist of a voice commenting on

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Positive Psychology: Free Will, Goodness, and Happiness

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Positive Psychology

Acknowledgement of Free Will

  • Positive psychology acknowledges that we have free will, rather than being determined by internal or external factors.
  • We have the ability to choose, grow, and respond actively to events around us.
  • Since we have control over our own behavior, happiness is accessible to us all.
  • As humans, we are self-directing and adaptive. A good life can be experienced if we use our strengths and virtues to enhance our lives.

Authenticity of Goodness and Excellence

  • According
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Reinforcement Programs and Learning Types

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Types of Reinforcement Programs

  • Programs of Reason: Reinforcement depends on the number of responses emitted by the subject.
  • Interval Programs: Reinforcement depends on the time since the previous administration of the reinforcing stimulus.

Fixed-Ratio Schedule

In these programs, reinforcement occurs after a fixed number of responses. Examples include salary, hourly study breaks, or giving a reward after a lever press. This leads to a high rate of response, and there is a pause immediately after the

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