Alright, let’s talk about this… uh… “ap psychology unit 7 frq.” Don’t rightly know what all them letters mean, but sounds fancy. My grandkid’s always studying this stuff, so I reckon it’s important. This here thing’s about, ya know, why folks do the things they do, how they feel, and what makes ’em tick.
So, what makes us tick? Like, why do I get up every mornin’ and feed them chickens? Well, some folks say it’s this “motivation” thing. Sounds like somethin’ you put in your car, but I guess it works for people too. They say there’s different “theories” about it. Theories? That’s just a fancy word for ideas, right? Like, one idea might be that I feed them chickens ’cause I’m hungry and I need them eggs. Another might be that it’s just what I do, always done it, like my mama before me. They call that an “instinct,” I think. Sounds like somethin’ a dog does, but hey, maybe I’m more like a dog than I thought!
- Motivation: Why we do stuff.
- Instinct: Stuff we just do without thinkin’.
Then there’s this “emotion” thing. That’s just feelin’s, right? Like when them chickens lay a whole bunch of eggs, I feel happy. When the fox gets in the henhouse, I feel angry. Simple as that. But these brainy folks, they gotta make it complicated. They got all sorts of names for different feelin’s. And they talk about how these feelin’s affect what we remember. They call it “memory encoding” or somethin’. I don’t know much about that, but I do know that if somethin’ makes me real happy or real mad, I tend to remember it better.
Now, let’s get to this “personality” thing. That’s just what makes you, you, and me, me. Why some folks are happy-go-lucky and others are grumps all the time. My neighbor, old man Johnson, he’s a grump. Always complainin’ about somethin’. Says his back hurts, his chickens don’t lay enough eggs, the weather’s too hot, the weather’s too cold. Me? I just try to get on with things. Guess that’s just our personalities. They say it’s all about your “explicit memories” and stuff. You know, things you remember on purpose, like your name and where you live. But I reckon it’s more than that. It’s how you was raised, what you seen, the whole shebang.
They also talk about how we learn and remember stuff. Like, they got this “parallel processing” thing. Sounds like somethin’ you do with computers, but I guess our brains do it too. It’s like when I see a chicken, I know it’s a chicken right away. I don’t have to think about it. My brain just does it all at once, ya know? Then there’s different kinds of memory. Like “sensory memory,” that’s just for a few seconds, like when you see somethin’ flash by. Then there’s “short-term memory,” like when you remember a phone number long enough to dial it. And then there’s “long-term memory,” that’s for stuff you remember for a long time, like my weddin’ day or the time that big storm blew through. They call the whole process “storage” and “retrieval.” Like puttin’ stuff in a shed and then gettin’ it out when you need it. And they got this “working memory” too. That’s like… uh… I don’t rightly know what that is. Somethin’ about holdin’ information in your head while you’re doin’ somethin’ else. Sounds like multitaskin’ to me. And Lord knows I ain’t good at that. Can’t hardly chew gum and walk at the same time!
So, what’s the point of all this? I guess it’s about understandin’ ourselves and why we act the way we do. But to me, it’s just common sense. You do what you gotta do, you feel what you feel, and you are who you are. No need to make it all complicated with fancy words and theories. But I guess them brainy folks gotta do somethin’ with their time, huh? Anyways, that’s my take on this “ap psychology unit 7 frq” thing. Hope it makes some kinda sense. If not, well, go ask them brainy folks. They’ll have a fancy answer for ya, I’m sure.
Tags: [Motivation, Emotion, Personality, Memory, Instinct, Psychology]
