Memory Paper
Lorena Vega
PSY/211
April 4, 2011
Betsabe Salcido

Memory is acquired over the years and is vital for our learning skills. Language becomes very natural when we already know what, when and how to say something. We form sentences, phrases, paragraphs by knowing what we are going to say before we say it. Most people believe that when we speak, it is without thought and is done unconsciously, but before we speak we need to plan it. In this paper I will explain the relationship between memory, language skills, motivation and the way they come together to affect the production of your short and long-term memory. Why is memory so hard to understand? The answer, in part, is that the term labels a great variety of phenomena. I remember how to play chess and how to drive a car; I remember the date of Descartes' death; I remember playing in the snow as a child; I remember the taste and the pleasure of this morning's coffee; I remember to feed the cat every night. “Many very different things happen when we remember” (Wittgenstein 1974) Language is important to the way we communicate. There are four steps in the process of going through the language skills. You must first learn to listen, then to speak, then to read, and finally to write. These four steps are called “language skills.” Experience has shown that written and oral communication must be practiced extensively to be mastered. It is something that takes practice until you are comfortable enough to know the sponge in your memory took it all in. Language is the set of rules, shared by the individuals who are communicating, that allows them to exchange those thoughts, ideas, or emotions. Language may also be expressed through writing, signing, or even gestures in the case of people who have neurological disorders and may depend upon eye blinks or mouth movements to communicate. During the