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Lost in Memory

by Ivana Lychee Posted on October 28, 2011

1. How would you begin the process of recovering your memory? Who would you turn to, where would you search, and how would you proceed?

I would turn to my family first, because I think I have the highest chance of remembering them. Hopefully, they’ll give me a better sense of who I am and what happened to me. I’d want to turn to my boyfriend and best friends too, but I’m not sure if I’ll remember who they are. I’ll start by browsing through my computer for photos and videos. I always take a lot of pictures when I hang out with my friends, so I have huge collections of photo memories on my computer. Looking through photos will hopefully spark some memories. I wouldn’t approach my friends first though, because I’ll still feel lost and confused. Besides, if they were my good friends, they would already be trying to contact me.

2. Please describe the emotional journey you imagine you would be going through as you attempt to reconstruct your life. Imagine the feelings you would have.

I would definitely feel very lost and confused, because I wouldn’t know who I am. I’ll probably feel overwhelmed because I wouldn’t know where I’m headed in life, and what I want to do with my life. I’m not sure whether I’ll feel upset about losing my memory or not, because I probably won’t even realize that I forgot everything from my past. I imagine I might feel really relaxed and carefree, because I wouldn’t have anything to be stressed about.

3. Suppose you were able to pick and choose the memories you wanted to recover from your life. What types of memories would you choose to retain and what types of memories might you decide to edit out of your remembered experience? Positive, negative, painful, happy, angry, frightened, etc. Please elaborate and explain some your decision making process.

I am generally a very happy and optimistic person, so I haven’t had any negative or painful memories that affected me really strongly. I would probably choose to retain all different types of memories. If I choose to retain only happy and positive memories, my life would be too much of a fairytale and I would be too naive. I want to maintain some precautions against strangers. Also, remembering painful experiences will make me treasure the happy ones even more.

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Helloo! ^__^

by Ivana Lychee Posted on September 23, 2011

Hi there, I’m Ivana :). My interests and hobbies are in photography and design. I intend to major in Marketing, with Graphic Design as my minor. I love bicycling and yoga, but only when I’m not feeling lazy. During my free time, I also love hanging out with my friends, watching movies, being a foodie, playing tetris, blogging, reading magazines, and shopping. Definitely can’t forget shopping..

Although psychology isn’t my intended major, it has always been a class I wanted to take. The way people think and how our mind works always intrigued me. With all the different parts of the brain to remember though, this class is definitely harder than I expected. I’m not in any clubs or organizations as of now, but I’m looking for something to join. Commuting to college feels a lot like high school, so hopefully my experience will change soon.

Last, but not least, this is my blog on Tumblr: http://ivanalychee.tumblr.com/. It’ll show you more of my personality and what I like!

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"I think this will be an interesting experiment to conduct. I used to always take hand-written notes, but I've recently switched over to using a laptop for notes during class. I would have to disagree with your hypothesis that using a laptop during class leads to lower grades. Laptops may lead to distractions, but if a student's attention span is short, he/she will have ways to be distracted with or without a laptop. (i.e. doodling, using phones, falling asleep) Moreover, there are many variables that affect grades that can't be controlled in the classroom, such as how much effort and time students put into studying/reviewing notes outside of class. In regards to what students will actually use their laptops for, to take notes or browse web/play games, the students can be given laptops with special settings. The settings will disable web browsing and all other programs, except for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. This will control the students to only use their laptop for note-taking. However, I think this experiment is more effective in predicting the retention of what students learn in class, rather than their overall grade. A naturalistic observation can be done to observe which students use laptops/notebooks during class. Similar to what raul.torres said earlier, at the end of class or beginning of the next, a small quiz can be given to see which group of students (laptop-users or notebook-users) perform better, to measure which group retains more material."
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"Hi Ricky! I was actually thinking about reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I don't remember who else recommended it to me, but I guess it's definitely worth the read."
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