Memory

This week, on Monday, we had a lecture on memory. There were two different kinds of memory--short term and long term. We went over how people usually try and find the best way to remember things by chunking, spacing, etc. I usually never do spacing, which isn't good. It was interesting to do some of the memory tests displayed for us. An example would be how many sets of letters a person could remember in four seconds, or remember a set of numbers only read to you once, and remember certain words from a bunch after only looking at it for thirty seconds. For this one, it felt like I could remember a lot of them when I was looking at the words, but when it came time to writing them down from memory I drew blanks on over half of them. My short term memory probably isn't the best. Also, we learned about a lady who can basically remember everyday of her life. That was just amazing to me. However, I wouldn't want to have that "power." And lastly, the thing I found most amazing was the man with the thirty second memory. That was just unbelievable to me. His wife would walk in and say something to him, and he would forget it in seconds. To me that would just suck! So far I gotta say that AP Psychology is one of the more fascinating classes I've ever taken.