...short term memory is a temporary store where small amounts of information can be kept for brief periods of time. it is a fragile store and information can be easily lost. long term memory however is a permanent store where limitless amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time. atkinson and shiffrin made a model for memory, the viewed the memory as a flow diagram. the memory has 3 constraints capacity, duration and encoding. researchers such as atkinson, shiffrin develop their models out of research studies. sensory memory : a set of limited capacity, modality-specific stores that hold information for a very brief period of time. the three sensory stores involved in input of information into the memory are ionic stores for visual input (things we see), echoic store for auditory input (things we hear) and haptic store for tactile input (things we touch/feel). the purpose of the visual memory is to allow us to integrate visual information so that at a conscious level we experience a smooth, continuous visual experience. like a cartoon you see it as a continuous visual screen but it is actually a series of fast fire photos. another function for the sensory memory is to shift through huge amounts of sensory information by scanning the image to pick out information we don't need to avoid overloading the system. difference between LTM and STM capacity duration encoding forgetting definitions the amount of information that can be...
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...Darfur Conflict. Location of Darfur: Darfur is a state/region with a small population in the country of Sudan which is located in the continent/region of Africa.Its biggest cities and towns include Umm Kaddadah, Kutum, `Abd Allah Bashir and`Abd Allah. Darfur is the western region of Sudan, Africa. Darfur is not a country in itself. The region was home to about 6 million people and is about the size of France. Darfur is home to racially mixed tribes of settled peasants, who identify as African, and nomadic herders, who identify as Arab. The majority of people in both groups are Muslim. It is largely an arid plateau with the Marrah Mountains (Jebel Marra), a range of volcanic peaks rising up to 3,042 meters (9,980 ft) in the centre of the region. In early 1991, non-Arabs of the Zaghawa tribe of Sudan attested that they were victims of an intensifying Arab apartheid campaign, segregating Arabs and non- Arabs.[20] Sudanese Arabs, who controlled the government, were widely referred to as practicing apartheid against Sudan's non-Arab citizens Causes of the conflict: The Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) began attacking government targets in early 2003, accusing Khartoum of oppressing black Africans in favour of Arabs. Darfur, which means land of the Fur, has faced many years of tension over land and grazing rights between the mostly nomadic Arabs, and farmers from the Fur, Massaleet and Zaghawa communities. Darfur is itself a very diverse...
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...Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan 18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110 602. SUPPORT MATERIAL YEAR 2012-13 SUPPORT MATERIAL CLASS X – Social Science Chief Patron Shri Avinash Dikshit Commissioner KVS, New Delhi Patron Shri J.M Rawat Deputy Commissioner KVS, Jaipur Region Guidance Sh.K.R Choyal Assistant Commissioner KVS, Jaipur Region Sh. Dr. R.K Agarwal Assistant Commissioner KVS, Jaipur Region Convener Ms. Urmil Meena Principal, K.V. No. 1, Alwar Prepared By Mrs. P. Dixit Principal K. V. No. 4, Jaipur Mr. Anil Kumar Daila TGT (S.ST.) K. V. No. 1, Alwar Mrs. Veena Michael TGT (S.St.) K. V. No. 5, Jaipur Mr. D.C. Garg TGT (S.St.) K. V. Zawar Mines Mr. Manoj Singh TGT (S.St.) K. V. No. 1, Alwar Mrs. Sunila Thapar TGT (S.St.) K. V. Phulera Reviewed by Shri U.R Meghwal Convener Principal K.V Bhilwara Shri M.M. Sharma PGT (History) K.V Nasirabad Shri...
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