Essays On Experience

Most authors who write about war stories write vividly; this is the same with Tim O’Brien as he describes the lives of the soldiers by using his own experiences as knowledge. In his short story “The Things They Carried” he skillfully reveals realistic scenes that portray psychological, physical and mental burdens carried by every soldier. […]

Reflecting on my life and being asked to remember its stories, I find myself immersed in nostalgia. Although these events and challenges from my past evoke a feeling of familiarity, they resemble a distant ‘Nathalie’ that remains entirely unfamiliar. Reflecting on the past, recalling the specifics only takes me back to those days of mistakes […]

“Blackberry-picking” by Irish poet Seamus Heaney is about the futility of human life and the misfortune in its quickly passing nature. This poem, rich in vivid detail and diction tells us how young Heaney, who is the speaker in this case, begins to realize that nothing in life can last, especially the things we love. […]

I had a lot of interest in this poem because it signifies the importance of learning and the resourcefulness of books. I myself have a passion to read and share this enthusiasm with Giovanni. The poem is written in the first person which gives it a personal feel. The library into which Giovanni enters is […]

In the Sonnet 71, the speaker has a main purport of convincing his lover to forget him when he’s dead; this persuasion is made following the structure of the Shakespearian poem, containing arguments and a heroic couplet revealing the conclusion. The whole sonnet is worked around the pessimism and excessive fears of the speaker, who […]

From the moment we are born, we are trained to perceive that the only truth in the world is physical reality. Our understanding of this corporeal world stems from what we visually observe, physically experience, auditorily recognize, and olfactorily perceive. Relying solely on these senses has led humanity to assume that there’s nothing beyond this […]

In the American small town tradition, the places where people work not only provide them with the means to live their life, but in many ways define their lives as well. What one does for a significant portion of their waking hours helps to form their identity, their sense of self worth, and their dignity. […]

In 1885 a man named Hermann Ebbinghaus created a concept known as the Forgetting Curve. This curve is a graph which shows the speed of which information is lost, or forgotten, over time. Ebbinghaus used this graph to show that human’s quickly forget information unless is reinforced, or repeated. This is because we are constantly […]

Robert Lynd is a witty writer who approaches the common topic of forgetting in a cheerful way. Initially, he addresses the things that humans don’t forget. In the modern era, individuals recall their friends’ telephone numbers and addresses effortlessly. Remembering lunch and dinner reservations is a given. It is astonishing how easily names of actors, […]

The ability to turn back time is a wonderful blessing that has the potential to impact our emotions and thoughts. In the area where I grew up, there exists a piece of land where diligent farmers can be observed plowing, tilling soil, sowing seeds, and reaping harvests. This field holds numerous nostalgic recollections from my […]

When assigned to read the short stories in class to summarize and learn to paraphrase, there was one story in particular that emotionally touched me. This short story was “And of Clay Are We Created” by Isabell Allende. I found many great points that could be discussed about the story, and that is why I […]

Being one of the greatest poet in the modern world and a major figure devoting to the Celtic Twilight, which is a trial and a “popular desire for a revival of Irish traditional culture” (Kelen 32), William Butler Yeats died in January, 1939. Meanwhile, it was only eight months before the outbreak of World War […]

Outside, the light morning breeze eased its way through the barely shut window, leaves rustled under its wake piercing the clear air with a silent howl. A minute refraction of light showered the sealed curtains creating an array of shadows frolicking wildly around the room. The serenity was put to an abrupt stop by the […]

This excerpt is from the novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is in the last chapter of the novel, and two of the main characters, Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, have accepted their love for each other and have taken a boat trip together. These two pages demonstrate the […]

Explicit memory requires conscious recall, in other words the information must be called back consciously when it is required. If this information is about our own lives it is called episodic memory. Episodic memory allows a person to decide when, where and under what circumstances they experienced an event. A episodic memory test explicitely requires […]

Ever since I was young I told myself, I would never drink and drive. I’ve read stories and poems on the consequences of this stupid act, and throughout my 11 years in school have been told by teachers, and public speakers how horrible it is. I completely agreed. I thought “how could anyone be so […]

The modal model of working memory consists of the central executive and two slave systems, the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974, as cited in Baddeley, 1999). The phonological loop, which retains verbal material, in terms of speech-based characteristics, is further divided into a store and an active process. Phonological representations […]

After reading both arguments, I came to two major conclusions: first, there seems to be inherent differences in what the experts were in fact debating; and secondly, in arguing whether or not repressed memories exist remains not only a possibility but an enigma of how little we still understand about the complexities of the mind. […]

Eysenck and Keane (2010: 1) state that cognitive psychology aims to understand human cognition through the observation of behavior in cognitive tasks. This essay explores how cognitive processes, such as memory, thinking, and language, are applied by third level students. Modern Irish students face various challenges when starting third level education. They must learn practical […]

Sport psychology is concerned with developing psychological skills in order to master the mind and improve physical performance (Cox, 2002). Sport psychology is a multifaceted field of study and therefore, all aspects must be considered for individual athletes. The athlete to be discussed in this paper found that imagery, feedback, goal setting and confidence played […]

Before June the 16th tomorrow I travel on a road that winds to the top of the hill. I take with me only the sweet memories of my youth my heart aches for my mother for Friday nights with friends around a table with a broad belch of beer. I ask only for a sad […]

This study is replicating an experiment that was originally conducted by Loftus and Zanni. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the impact of definite and indefinite articles on participants’ responses when questioned about objects in a car crash video. Participants viewed the video and were subsequently asked to recall the objects they observed. […]