Developing an Argument: The Impact of Memory on Learning (Psychology)

This assignment develops an argument exploring the crucial relationship between memory and learning. It begins with an introduction highlighting the interconnectedness of memory and learning, emphasizing how memory can either clarify or confuse. The main body delves into how memory directly impacts learning ability, affecting recall, retention, and the storage/retrieval of information. It discusses the role of working memory and how processes like encoding, storing, and retrieving information influence learning. The argument presents five ways memory enhances learning, such as accessing information and impacting concentration. The conclusion summarizes that memory significantly influences learning, and that improving memory processes can lead to enhanced learning outcomes. The assignment includes a list of references from books and journals to support the arguments made.

DEVELOPING AN
ARGUMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Memory and learning are two most important things that are closely linked or related to a
person. Memory and learning can help a person to either clarify their doubts or can confuse
(Mäkitalo, Linell and Säljö, eds., 2017). Memory is one of the most important things which is
required to be focused on as it helps a person to learn something new and memorize things
learned by them. Both memory and learning are interrelated in fact it is said that memory can
impact learning of a person. Here, an argument will be developed which will focus on a question
that “why memory can impact on learning.”
MAIN BODY
It has been observed that memory and learning are inter related to each other but most
probably learning is dependent upon memory of a person. Working on memory helps a person to
enhance their learning. Memory of a person affects their learning ability in many different ways.
If a person has any kind of problem or issue with their memory, it directly impacts their learning
(Frith, Sng, E and Loprinzi, 2017). So, it can be said that memory plays a vital role in improving
learning of a person. Memory of e person affects their ability to recall, retain, store or learn new
information. It has a fundamental role in a person’s life in reflecting their past experience, reuse
past experience to enhance present experience and learn new things.
Often people get confused between learning and memory. Learning is a part of memory and
it directly/indirectly impacted or influenced by memory of a person. The manner or way in which
information or data is stores, processed or retrieved impacts learning level of a person. Encoding
is the way in which information is formed or encoded in order to be stored within the memory.
Storing is way in which information is stored and maintained within the brain and retrieving is a
process though which information stored in extracted or retrieved (Li, Zhu, and Zhang, 2016).
Effectivity and efficiency of these processes impacts the manner in which a person learns or
impacts their level of learning. So, it can be said that working memory is one of the main keys of
learning. Working on a memory can help a person to enhance their learning. There are five
different ways in which memory can be used to enhance a person’s learning. Memory can be
used to access required information. Memory is stored either in audio or visual manner so that
information can be extracted at required time. Storage of memory in audio or visual manner
helps a person to remember and learn new things in an appropriate manner (Meier, Kappler and
Schaal, 2018). manner in which data or information is stored helps a person in remembering
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instruction in a better manner for doing an activity of learning something new (Meier, Kappler
and Schaal, 2018). If information stored can be extracted easily from the memory them learning
of person can be improved in fact person can easily focus or concentrate on things to ne learned
in an appropriate manner. Memory of a person can also impact concentration and focus level of
an individual which can further impact learning and can also work as a hindrance in memorizing
or learning new things. These ways can affect ways of reading, understanding and storing an
information. It is important for people to understand learning and memory are interrelated i.e. if a
person faces any kind of difficulty in learning then they won’t be able to memorize those things
in a better manner and if a person faces difficulty in memorizing any information or retrieving
any information from memory then learning process of a person can get impacted as they won’t
be able to extracted ort retrieve required information from memory (Mäkitalo, Linell and Säljö,
eds., 2017).
CONCLUSION
From the above argument it has been summarized that memory does impact learning of a
person both directly/indirectly. Working on memory of a person can help them to improve their
learning. If a person can easily store or extracted required information from memory of a person
then their learning process can be improved in a much better manner. It has been concluded that
storing, encoding and retrieving process of memory directly affects memory of a person that can
further impact learning process of a person as learning process further consist of various stages
and each of these stages are affected by efficiency of a person’s memory to store, encode and
retrieve information.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Frith, E., Sng, E. and Loprinzi, P.D., 2017. Randomized controlled trial evaluating the temporal
effects of high‐intensity exercise on learning, short‐term and long‐term memory, and
prospective memory. European Journal of Neuroscience. 46(10). pp.2557-2564.
Li, C., Zhu, J. and Zhang, B., 2016, June. Learning to generate with memory. In International
Conference on Machine Learning (pp. 1177-1186).
Mäkitalo, Å., Linell, P. and Säljö, R. eds., 2017. Memory practices and learning: Interactional,
institutional and sociocultural perspectives. IAP.
Meier, F., Kappler, D. and Schaal, S., 2018, May. Online learning of a memory for learning
rates. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp.
2425-2432). IEEE.
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