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Post by David Wyld on Nov 22, 2013 22:17:50 GMT -6
Students, Please view and comment on this link of the day - yes, for your education, but also for the points, of course! Watch the video below: TITLE - Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the worldThen, post a comment in reply to this discussion thread. Again, what to post? Here are some ideas: + What did you take away from the video? + How does the video relate in some way to your past experience (work, as a consumer, family, school, etc.)? + How might you use these ideas in your own career? Good luck! David
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Post by phenry on Dec 7, 2013 11:31:14 GMT -6
Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
This video was very interesting to me. I really enjoy learning about psychology and cognitive abilities. It's interesting because you never really sit down and think about how your working memory works. Doolittle does a good job making the subject interesting and funny with real world, common day examples. I agree with how he explains to use your working memory. It is important to process what we learn. I was upset that at the end of the video that he did not explain the relevance of the 5 words he gave us in the beginning.
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Post by bgoree13 on Dec 8, 2013 19:35:30 GMT -6
Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
I really was never a huge fan of psychology but this video brought forth some very interesting concepts. People never sit down and think about how their brain works (unless they're high) and they never realize how they can remember some stuff but forget other stuff. This video was cool.
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Post by sunnigrabert on Dec 8, 2013 21:50:11 GMT -6
I enjoyed this video! I still remember the five words! I like the idea of being able to recognize what your working memory actually is and how it works. I've never actually heard of this before, although of course it makes perfect sense. I would like to look more into sharpening my working memory.
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Post by abramt110 on Dec 10, 2013 7:27:48 GMT -6
I really was never a huge fan of psychology but this video brought forth some very interesting concepts. People never sit down and think about how their brain works (unless they're high) and they never realize how they can remember some stuff but forget other stuff. This video was cool.
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Post by arielberthelot on Dec 10, 2013 14:32:59 GMT -6
TITLE - Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
Your working memory makes its own sense of the world. It is part of your brain that understands the world a whole lot different than others do. Your memory remembers only the things that effect your senses in some sort of way. We can remember lots of smells and everything we taste. It is all about effecting the senses and memorization. I can remember certain things that happened when I was 2 for example breaking my leg. I remember this because it was a very emotional time for me as a two year old. I was in a cast up to my hip and I couldn't play with my friends for 6 weeks it was just terrible LOL.
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Post by bethanyhunt on Dec 10, 2013 18:44:41 GMT -6
A person's working memory can never be turned off and has four components. It's interesting to know how a person's mind works and how we remember some things and not other things. The mind is a pretty complex thing and this video helps us understand how a portion of our brain works. Very interesting.
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Post by rjmonico on Jan 30, 2014 23:33:06 GMT -6
I would definitely share this video with colleagues and friends. Thank you Dr. Wyld! I think that this speaker really hit on some key points about the importance of learned memory. Think especially today with the obsession of social media and the technology of phones people's minds are not where they need to be. An employee might be at work doing his/her job tasks but just going through the motions and not really paying attention at what they are doing. People are trying to multi-task and they just cannot have so much in there brains because they do not get anything accomplished. There needs to be a sense of paying attention and concentrating on the task at hand. I personally like leaving my cell phone in the car during work and just looking at it during break or lunch. It makes me be a better employee and not have so much junk in my head when my focus should be on my work.
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Post by kelseywatson on Feb 7, 2014 19:42:16 GMT -6
I learned about something new in this video called working memory. Our working memory allows us to remember things daily. The video stated it allows us to converse with others at work on a daily basis. Our working memory also has some constraints. When we forget things such as doing homework this is due to our working memory. It just isn't perfect.
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Post by pellirf22 on Feb 12, 2014 0:24:52 GMT -6
TITLE- Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
This video was very interesting. I have never understood the way this part of the brain works but enjoyed learning about how humans remember things in their daily lives. People are constantly processing information and then using it throughout their life. I did not learn anything that directly correlates to business but still thought it was interesting.
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Post by racheleperes on Feb 16, 2014 12:57:04 GMT -6
I thought that the video was interesting. Our working memory is the part in our brain that consistently processes information in our everyday lives. It's the part that helps use remember just the smallest thing on how to do something, like ride a bike. However, it also causes us to end forgetting something that we were looking for in another room, and why we get distracted while in the middle of a conversation. It helps us to process what our basic needs are, even if we are not thinking of it at that moment.
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Post by sdoescher on Feb 16, 2014 18:18:18 GMT -6
I enjoyed this video. Working memory is an interesting topic that is not discussed often. People certainly use imagery and attempt to find meaning in all that goes on around them. On any given day we are exposed to a vast amount of information but can only process a limited amount of it. Many people try to multitask in order to save time but when taken to extremes it can result in lower quality work. Processing what is going on is crucial to the learning process.
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Post by bmcgarry13 on Feb 17, 2014 23:00:51 GMT -6
Processing skills are becoming increasingly important in today’s work world due to technology. Increases in information dispersion from expanding platforms, gives way to a new business dilemma: the struggle to create meaningful data from large amounts of information. Information processing/organization is considered a competitive advantage and lucrative business (cloud storage). It is highly desirable.
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Post by ken9390 on Feb 18, 2014 14:44:06 GMT -6
This video is interesting because, ironically, there is not much thought put towards how your brain and memory works by the average person. All of the things that this speaker said were great points, almost elementary, but not thought about routinely. I feel I have benefited greatly from listening to what Dr. Doolittle had to say about the working memory and its four components.
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Post by katelynjones on Feb 18, 2014 19:38:25 GMT -6
Working memory is really interesting. I didn't realize the average person can remember only 4 things at one time. Working memory is limited and that is something we have to remember. He did mention that until you do something with those 4 things such as, telling someone, writing it down or what ever it may be then we can remember it better.
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