Hi all,
please read my post.
I have the following cognitive problem :
let us say that i study biology; then :
1.i read the study book.
2.i have to be tested.
- a laboratory practical task is given. i recall the information from the book in the stages, in which it is needed.
- a theoretical task is given; for example to write an essay or defend a thesis. i recall these fragments of the imformatio, which are necessary to construct the argumentation.
- a written exam is given; for example "write about cell metabolism". and there is the problem.
3.the problem constists in the following :
- i have memorized the whole information from the book.
- if i am asked to present the content of one notion i do it easily.
- if i am asked to present all ideas of one author, or all authors of one theme (including there ideas), i have a hard time answering.
the problem can be reduced to the following :
- i can not connect a set of ideas to concrete author.
- i can not connect a set of authors to concrete theme.
- even if i have connected the ideas to the author or the authors to the theme, i can not connect all ideas together, or all authors together, and can not do it consecutively. for example, if the question is about the ideas of one author i will start to recall facts in random order, and it can not be predicted how much time will it take to recall all of them. it seems that i have the knowledge for when certain part of it is needed, but just can not reach to the whole knowledge at once. one more example for clarification : if i know everything about a nail, and i am asked questions like "what is the nail's lenght" or "what is the neil's head's lenght" i will answer easily, but if i am asked questions like "present all facts that you know about this nail" i will have a hard time answering.
i hope someone has some ideas. i am thinking on this problem for years, but can not find a neurological or psychological explanation, i can only find means fot compensation in studying; and i need explanations. but even with these means it is still taking me too much time to study, which does not correspond to my intelligence.
thank you, ideas are much appreciated.