Monday, June 20, 2005
After completing my exams today, i think i might have to change careers. But do not worry too much, i am already prepared...
Exams over ... maybe my future too.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Donate to Exam Relief
I have just finished my first paper which was psychology 201. Unfortunately there was just too much to remember. I really might have to play chess for a living. Problem is i am wasting time playing in exams instead of studying chess. hahaha.
There is a theory in cognition that is called recognition failure of recallable words. Basically its easier to recognise a word on a memory list (Or take MCQs) than to do a free-recall (aka short answer questions). However, this is not always the case. Participants are instructed to remember capital words in strange word pairs like glue-CHAIR and ground-COLD and then took a recognition test on the capitalized words. They failed to recognize many words but when presented with the cues like glue - they could recall words they failed to recognise at the start. My only question is, who in the world can remember an effect called recognition failure of recallable words? Why not, if they are researchers on memory cues, call something a little more distinct like the glue -CHAIR effect? Which shows that memory constraints also involve stupid naming. In a study by Oh 2005, results showed that confusing names of theories regarding memory did not aid memory for the memory theories.
There is a theory in cognition that is called recognition failure of recallable words. Basically its easier to recognise a word on a memory list (Or take MCQs) than to do a free-recall (aka short answer questions). However, this is not always the case. Participants are instructed to remember capital words in strange word pairs like glue-CHAIR and ground-COLD and then took a recognition test on the capitalized words. They failed to recognize many words but when presented with the cues like glue - they could recall words they failed to recognise at the start. My only question is, who in the world can remember an effect called recognition failure of recallable words? Why not, if they are researchers on memory cues, call something a little more distinct like the glue -CHAIR effect? Which shows that memory constraints also involve stupid naming. In a study by Oh 2005, results showed that confusing names of theories regarding memory did not aid memory for the memory theories.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Tired of Memory
At first i thought that God had multiplied my time, then i realised that my watch had stopped.
Its not exactly a bad thing that God gave me time to laugh at myself. He knew i needed a break. As a result of this bleak humour, i became rather thankful about actually having a watch in the first place. As well as knowing the other time my watch spoiled in Singapore i had a great uncle to fetch me to some secluded place to claim my warranty.
Furthermore, i still have another two watches to wear. One of which was given by my parents when i went to army. The other given by my friends at the airport when i came to Perth. Sometimes its good to have your watch stop. You realise what really lasts a lifetime.
Its not exactly a bad thing that God gave me time to laugh at myself. He knew i needed a break. As a result of this bleak humour, i became rather thankful about actually having a watch in the first place. As well as knowing the other time my watch spoiled in Singapore i had a great uncle to fetch me to some secluded place to claim my warranty.
Furthermore, i still have another two watches to wear. One of which was given by my parents when i went to army. The other given by my friends at the airport when i came to Perth. Sometimes its good to have your watch stop. You realise what really lasts a lifetime.