Today in class, we discussed how we learn and perceive information biologically. It is really fascinating considering that we are also studying similar topic in philosophy from a completely different angle. Though the approach was different, the scientific explanations are rather objective. In fact, they account for many philosophical theories about how we perceive what we see, such as representative realism, idealism, etc.
Without further ado, here is what I leant today and my thoughts on the topic.
Important Misconceptions
1. we learn by association, not by carving them into our memories, so if we when we do not review the new knowledges the association will break.
2. perception is what your brain feels, not necessarily the reality.
Without further ado, here is what I leant today and my thoughts on the topic.
- What is learning
- reception of information (become aware of something)
- commit to memory
- Process of Learning or Study
- sensation - processing - memory - recall or forget
- Eyeball
- Specialized cell
- cone and rod (color reception red yellow and blue)
- reflection is upside down
- information pass through optic nerve
- sensation is the information your eye receive
- process in the primary
- brain try to interpret sensation
- perception
- interpret the stimuli
- organize stimuli
- ascribe meaning to stimuli
- two levels of perception
- 1st level: what a car is
- 2nd level: different cars for different people
- sensation: what your organs receive
- the activity of sensory receptors and the resulting afferent transmission
- perception: what your brain feels
- is the activity of mediating processes which integrate present input with past input
- assemble information and going through memory and associate
- if don't find it, it's new
- memory (learning is process of creating memories)
- process by which information is
- acquired
- encoding
- stored in brain
- strorage
- later retrieved
- retrieval
- eventually (possibly) forgotten
- three types of memory
- sensory memory
- last 20 seconds
- short term memory
- holds about seven items for up to 20 seconds before the material is forgotten or transferred to long term memory
- long term memory
- relatively permanent, can hold vast amounts of information
- transfer from short term to long term memory
- encoding
- comprehend
- organizing
- to be able to organize in a logical order
- relating
- a lot of experience to associate
- if not, can't recall
- permanent memory
- consists of various records with information and experience in them
- information is stored as both language and visual imagery
- acquisition stage
- strength of memories increases with practice
- learning curve
- decrease in response time with practice
- error rates reduce over time
- memory for material is improve the more elaborately it is processed
- the more you elaborate, the more retrieval routes you have
Important Misconceptions
1. we learn by association, not by carving them into our memories, so if we when we do not review the new knowledges the association will break.
2. perception is what your brain feels, not necessarily the reality.