Overview of the Scholarly Literature on Commemoration Kirk Savage, University of Pittsburgh (…) The first key question might be, what is commemoration? Dictionary definitions tell us that to commemorate is to “call to remembrance,” to mark an event or a person or a group by a ceremony or an observance or a monument of some kind. Commemorations might be ephemeral or permanent; the key point is that they prod collective memory in some conspicuous way. French sociologist Maurice Halbwachs ushered
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The existence of sensory memory has been experimentally demonstrated by Sperling (1960) using a tachistoscope. Short-term memory Information is retained acoustically and visually long enough to use it, e.g. looking up a telephone number and remembering it long enough to dial it. Peterson and Peterson (1959) have demonstrated that STM last approximately between 15 and 30 seconds, unless people rehearse the material, while Miller (1956) has found that STM has a limited capacity of around 7+ or −2
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In a coming of age novel, the main protagonist goes through experiences, events, and realizations that puts them into an adult mindset. The framing of historical events to fit a coming of age novel are the perfect way to discuss a difficult event and show how people throughout the time had to grow. The Diary of Anne Frank is a coming of age novel that describe a young girls experience throughout the holocaust and how she overcame great difficulties. Throughout The Diary of Anne Frank, the loss of
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as simple as looking through individual frames of a movie, remembering details such as the clothes they wore, people they met and what was eaten for lunch. Hyperthymesia, sometimes called superior autobiographical memory or HSAM, allows these unique individuals to remember events from their lives with a high level of accuracy and detail; the ability to recall a large number of personal events and experiences; this does not extend to events that happened to before they were born, memories from early
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placed, from lowest to highest form, in this order: Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating. Ethics are the moral sidelines during our critical thought processes. They capture our ideals, so that we may respect our peers as we ask questions and seek higher levels of thought. Completing the Ethical Lens Inventory identifies the values of an individual and their blind spots. The levels of thoughts begin with ‘Remembering’, which is the basic educational level of thought:
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but you need to look at what they put their families through when the fail to return to a normal adjusted lifestyle back home. Pfc. Orolin was suffering from PTSD, “which is a psychological disorder that develops through exposure to a traumatic event, such as war, severely oppressive situations, such as the Holocaust, severe abuse, such as rape,natural disasters such as floods and tornados; and unnatural disasters such as plane crashes”(Santrock,2006). In order to help Pfc. Orolin and his family to get back to life as a family
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Author). Many researchers have found interest in the topic of dreaming and have pursued many topics in their research. There are many different components that are involved in why we dream, how to understand our dreams and the possibilities of remembering our dreams. Despite opposing viewpoints, research proves that everyone does dream and if we understand how our dreams work, then it will have a positive effect on our well-being. “There are many theories about why we dream, but no one knows
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cognitive interview is a set of instructions given by the interviewer to the witness to reinstate the context of the original event and to search through memory by using a variety of retrieval methods (Fisher et al., 1989). So why does it work? Theoretically, the CI is rooted in cognitive psychology and rests upon two principal assumptions, first that memory of an event is made up of an interconnected network and that there should therefore be several ways of getting to the same point, and second
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The inexplicable events discussed in this case study are something that will forever be etched in the minds of not only those affected, but also those who remember. Memories of 9/11 specifically still results in strong emotion on my part, still remembering the exact moment I watched the second plane strike. Events such as these are not rational events, nor are they even bounded rationality (March & Simon, 1958; Simon 1987). However, as people, we need to rationalize, so we have searched for
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Sullivan Throughout my career, I have attended many meetings and functions, each having different topics or atmospheres. Generally, I focus on the speakers or material, more than what the listening audience does. My experiences with these types of events were peaceful and without conflict. I had never thought watching people listen would give me any information on anything. However, I recently attended a meeting I was looking forward to watching the audience. I recently began working for a new agency
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