Examples Of Self Study On Memory Failure

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The purpose of this self-study is to better understand memory failures and how memory failure plays in our daily life. Memory failures range from forgetting something and later remembering it or failing to recall something at that particular time. This self-study will help us to understand when does memory failure usually occur in my daily life and how in class concept are apply to real life experience. This report is based on my own experience of memory failures, recorded in a diary, started especially for this study. I would carry a small notepad around with me daily and record memory failure events whenever I realized, that I had forgotten something or fail to remember something. This dairy contains 15 records of memory failure experience …show more content…

What happened was that I forgot to bring my blue tooth headphone with me this morning. What I think happen was a combination of lack of sleep and time limitation. That day I did not go to sleep until 5:00 a.m. and my class start at 10:00 so I was rushing to get to school because I overslept (was 9:41 at that time). What I think happen was my mind was focused on getting to school that unrelated things to school work were forgotten.
Event 7: This event happened on March 20, 2016, around 11:00 a.m. What happened was that I was on my one week trip. The day before we had around a 14-hour drive to Florida. It might have been because I was at an unfamiliar place that I woke up really early. Our plan for the day was to go to a beach but when we arrived at the beach I forgot to bring the snacks I prepared in the car. What I think happen is that I was both excited and anxious to arrive at the beach that once I had arrived, the beach was all I could focus on and have forgotten about enjoying food at the …show more content…

What happened was that I had left my lunch at home. I usually pack a lunch to take with me to school, so when I got hungry I realized that I did not have my lunch with me. What I think happen was that during the trip I did not have to take a packed lunch with me before heading out the door. I just automatically left the house thinking that I had everything I needed with me.
Comparing the 15 events in my dairy, most of my memory failures happen during the morning. Event in which I had a lack of sleep, in a, rushed or had to divide my attention cause my brain to turn on automatic mode. Event 2 is a good example of automatize behaviors when my mind points my body to drive to Popeye which I frequently go to instead of going to the gas station. Also, I had to divide my attention from paying attention to my cousin word to driving to a destination. I was more focused on talking to my cousin that I did not pay attention to the destination and passed

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