Week 6: Part 1
A) Funny Australian guy explaining long term memory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RywvysxnSc
Long Term Memory like a file in a computer or books in a library.
LTM has two types :
1.Prosedural is memory of doing something, such as making a cake. It has temporary memory , its like key moment in our life, first of all episodic memory, its like we watching episodic from LTM. For example, holy communion, how I became a caveman or lovely brother's wedding.
2.Declavative - semantic memory is memory of knowlege such as everything we learn at school. Another example is play "Who wants to be a millioner?"
B) 4 ways to help long term retrieval http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AARGe3y-VCs
4 Ways to Help LTM by Casey Rudder:
#1 Repeat
Recite
Review
Example: how to spell Mississippi
#2 Distributive
Practice, helps us remeber break it an a parts
Example: Miss-Iss-Ippi
#3 Serial-Position Effects , it's very common to leave out middle part
Example: Miss-Ippi
#4 Similarities and Differences, it is easy way how to spell it by relating the spelling to common word we know.
Example: Missis and Sippi
Task 1 :
As for me, i like to write down a clue words or some common words wich I usually related to the word i know.
Task 2 :
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/37064-dr-whytes-health-tips-reading-food-labels-video.htm
If we really want to know what we eat , the answer right in front of us. Its on a side at the label with a list of nutrition and ingredients. Sometimes it complecated.
How to read a food label ? The label has 3 areas. Lets start from the top : Serving Size- 1 container.
2.5 serving per container
100*2.5= 250 Caloriesries
45*2.5=90 mg Sodium
26*2.5=52 gr Carbs
26*2.5=52 gr sugar
At the middle: Percent Daily Value(% DV)-guide every person need 2,000 calories a day. According to gaid line: 60% from Carbohydrates
50% from Protein
30% from fat( less than three grams of fat for every 100 calories)
If we eat 2,000 calories a day-less than 600 calories from fat.
If 5% or less-low
10% to 19%-good
20% or more -excellent
Cholesterol should be less than 300 mg total.
Sodium less than 2,400 mg.
Fiber 25 to 30 gr a day
Calcium at least 1,000 mg daily
Bottom in the label:
Ingredients lists dives us a information wich product is healtier.
As my opinion, it was very interesting to know how to chose the proper food. I know, that i need to read and compare food labels, check serving size and check the percentage DV.
Vocabulary:
Ingredient-(n) one of the thing that goes into a mixture from which a type of food is made.
Sodium-(n) a silver-white metal that produces salt when mixed with chlorine.
Cholesterol-(n) a substance in your body which doctors think may cause heart disease.
Fiber-(n) parts of plants that you eat but do not digest , that help food to move through your body.
