Active Engagement Flashcards
Active Engagement - keeping brain active during memorization process - multiple ways to do it - key issue - absent-minded repetition is not active engagement
Immediately try to say lines from memory - as soon as possible - this will actively engage brain - avoid passive absent minded repetition
Active engagement allows material to transfer to long term memory
Active engagement makes lines easier to retrieve when it matters because active engagement is constantly building retrieval links - optimizing ability to recall under pressure
Actors who have excellent memory use active engagement strategies
Repetition is still necessary but must be active engagement - not passive absent minded repetition
Active engagement is necessary through the entire memory process
Focusing on meaning of text is active engagement - this links new lines to long term memory knowledge - creating links
Chunking is active engagement - involves organizing and reorganizing lines into chunks of ever increasing size - constant reconfiguration keeps the material fresh and interesting - each reconfiguration builds new links - each chunk cue name is a memory link - chunking strengthens ability to retrieve under pressure (stress)
