Memory
...ures of their surroundings or of the things he/she may want to remember and process into their long-term memory. This extra effort that is applied when trying to collectively learn, seems to be relevant to the idea that “weaker emotion means weaker memory” (Myers). For example, when a student is taking a course they’re not particularly interested in, he/she may tend not to do well in the class, due to the lack of emotion and effort; which consequently may take an affect on their study habits and memory of previously learned concepts. In contrast, a student with a great interest may find the course topics somewhat easier to memorize and more appeasing. However, by having too much emotion, the idea of the ratio between weaker emotions to weaker memory, shifts to a point which too much emotion may result in a poor memory. A factor in life, such as stress, is one of the causes of this. For example, one may have an upcoming test in which he/she has immensely studied for weeks in preparation for, yet...