Q Hi, class. This section begins psychology's march into Cognitive Theory. This means that we don't learn things whole cloth just as they are presented to us. We perceive selectively, remembering what is meaningful to us, and filing it away in unique places in our memory bank. So two or more people can experience an event, but take away very different memories and meanings, according to our needs, motivations, and past experiences. An example would be if a nurse, an engineer, and a police officer witnessed a car wreck. Do you think they would all remember the same things? Focus on the same things? Probably not, simply because of their different backgrounds, expertise, and focus. So try to remember a time when you experienced something and later found out you did not remember it like other experiencers. Tell us when that happened, the experience, and why you think you remembered or reacted to things so differently. Have fun!