Aylin's Blog

        A 7-day challenge I proposed to myself was to work on not procrastinating so much on homework and getting things done, so basically studying for exams and doing homework.  The reason I chose this challenge was because after finishing with pledging, I have been wanting to get myself back on track with my daily school routines.  In order to get myself back on track, I will be tracking the time I spend on studying.  I will be creating a planner laying out how much time I have during the day and writing in when I should be studying and how much free time I may or may not have.         I have taken a few pictures to show an example of what I used to plan my week/days in order to achieve my goal.             Below I will screenshot my journal entries throughout this week.  I used the app Stickies on my laptop for my journal entries. Day 1: Day 2: Day 3: ...

Science Behind the Phenomenon:         Memory is defined as stored information. It is a complex and dynamic process that relies on series of factors. (Remembering and Forgetting) There are two types of memory, explicit memory, and implicit memory. There are also three major memory stages: sensory, short-term, and long-term, and finally three processes that are important to long-term memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval. Even though we have all these types, stages, and processes of how the memory works, unfortunately, we can also forget everything we learn.         I am mainly going to be focusing on a brain disorder called Alzheimer.  It is a progressive brain disorder that damages and eventually destroys brain cells, leading to memory loss and other brain functions. (Alzheimer's Association)  Alzheimer's is a brain disease that develops slowly and gets worse as brain function declines and brain cells eventually die.  This u...

        Learning, in psychology, is defined a bit differently than educational learning. In chapter 6, the chapter starts off with the definition of learning - the process by which life experience causes a change in the behavior or thinking of an organism. (Week 7 - Chapter 6: Learning) There are three principal areas of learning: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning. In this blog post, I will be focusing on Classical Conditioning.         Classical Conditioning is a form of learning in which animals or people make a connection between two stimuli that have occurred together such that one predicts the other (Week 7 - Chapter 6: Learning). Essentially this type of conditioning occurs when one begins to associate an object, sight, or sound with a specific sensation. Ivan Pavlov, who was a medical researcher (a physiologist), committed his professional life to the study of the digestive system. He...