You have a memory system dedicated to storing the stories of your life. This episodic memory system tends to steadily leak. In general, you lose 5% of your event memories every year. This is the reason your childhood memories fade. They used to be clear but little by little they disappear. [Read more…] about How To Retain Your Childhood Memories
Captain Psychology Explains Neurons
Everything in the body is triggered by or interacts with neurons. Bones hold us up. Blood transports oxygen. Neurons make stuff happen. Biological psychology starts with an understanding of how neurons work.
This is a multimedia study guide for my students taking biological psych. Each chapter has a video (or will soon), a synopsis of the key points, a quiz (with answers and with an audio file of me explaining the quiz), an infographic, things to help you remember the material and a glossary.
It’s not really aimed at a general audience. But if you’re interested, here’s where to buy it on Amazon. It comes in paperback and Kindle versions.
How To Remember Appointments
The best way to improve your memory for appointments is to not overuse it. Don’t keep it in your head, write it down. [Read more…] about How To Remember Appointments
Vocabulary Builder: Theories of Learning
This is a comprehensive explanation of the vocabulary of learning, memory, decision making and cognition. If you know and understand all of these terms and don’t get an A on your test, I’ll give you your money back (regardless of who is teaching it).
Sixty-six page, 971 terms, and over 27,000 words.
It’s on Amazon: here’s where to buy it.
Deliberate Encoding
I’ve taught thousands of students and I often remember their faces but rarely remember their names. My version of “remembering” faces is that they look familiar. I can’t picture them in my head. It’s a vague recognition. It’s more “you look like someone who could have taken one of my classes.” [Read more…] about Deliberate Encoding
Why Wedding Videos Are Important
Previously, I noted that wedding videos are more memorable than videos (click here). Now let me flip to the other side (I’m fickle). [Read more…] about Why Wedding Videos Are Important
BasicPersonality.com
The nice thing about personality is that everyone has one. You don’t have to buy it, earn it or learn it. You are already you.
Personality is also called personality theories or principles of personality. It is the study of what makes us human. It describes what we do, what we think and how we view ourselves. Some say there are over 50 definitions of personality but I think that’s a major underestimate. Near as I can tell, everyone in psychology has at least one idea about what should be excluded in a definition of personality. And nobody agrees on what should be included. About all everyone agrees on is that there are too many definitions of personality.
BasicPersonality.com is a website with posts about the theories of personality and the people who developed them. There is a blog for the general public and more detailed lessons for students taking a university level course.
Check out BasicPersonality.com