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Annotated Bibliography Preparation
Annotated Bibliography Preparation
In this document I prepared to create my annotated bibliography. I chose two sources that helped me to understand the interaction between humans and their place, region, or culture. I focused on answering the question, "Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
In this document I prepared to create my annotated bibliography. I chose two sources that helped me to understand the interaction between humans and their place, region, or culture. I focused on answering the question, "Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Isabel Landry
Ms. Guillory
Honors Capstone II
21 April 2020
Annotated Bibliography
“Memory and the Brain”. Open Educational Resources. Lumen Learning, N.d., 14 April 2020. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-psychology/chapter/memory-and-the-brain/ The emotion attached to a memory enhances the memory stored.The emotion felt is drawn from the characteristics of the world around you; therefore, each memory recalled is influenced by the human characteristics and culture that is surrounding the person. This is an educational source that identifies and explains the brain's processes and the parts involved in enhancing your memories with emotion. One of the ideas of this source is how the brain’s parts work together in order to enhance a memory. Each experience we encounter throughout our lifetime affects our human identity. This source identifies two parts of the brain that work together to store and enhance our long-term memories, which are also known as declarative memories. The amygdala and the hippocampus in our brains work together to form our memories, but our memories affect how we live our lives later on, impacting the culture around us. The amygdala attaches an emotion to your memory as explained in the text, and as each memory is given an emotion, every time you experience something similar to this memory you will feel the same emotion. Therefore, if a child is raised in a dangerous neighborhood they may develop a fear that they are always in danger, becoming a characteristic of their human identity. And if a large group of people develops this same characteristic, it may become a part of the culture.
Sousa, David . How the Brain Learns. (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2011.
This is an educational textbook that identifies and explains the brain's processes and the parts involved in learning, including the process of memory retention and processing. This textbook explains that the characteristics of the places that a child is raised in affects the human identity due to the brain's ability to change and create new neurosynaptic connections. One of the ideas of this textbook is neuroplasticity which is the brain’s ability to reorganize itself on the basis of input. This means that as we learn new things, our brain forms new nerve synapses in order for us to recall this information. It is understood that the brain forms nearly 100% of its maximum postsynaptic proteins by the age of 5, and majority of its presynaptic proteins by the age of 10. This means that in between the ages of 5 and 10 the brain will have developed nearly all of its synaptic connections, which can reach about one quadrillion connections. Therefore, the experiences of a young child at school and at home shape the neural circuits that will determine how the brain learns in school and throughout their life. And while the brain may be able to rework itself, the culture and environment that a child is raised in will affect their thinking and their capacity to learn. Therefore, the human characteristics of a place greatly affect the identity and the culture of a human based on input.
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