How We Remember Flashcards

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Define: effortful encoding

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-selecting main points, labeling concepts, associating information with personal experience or material you already know (studying)

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An important technique for keeping information in STM longer and increasing chances of LTM retention is…

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-rehearsal-review or practice of material while you are learning it

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Define: maintenance rehearsal

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-rote repetition of material in order to maintain its availability in memory

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Define: elaborative rehearsal

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-analysis and association of new information

to make it storable

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Define: deep processing

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-the processing of meaning over just physical and sensory properties of a stimulus
(during the encoding of information)

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Explain: “read, recite, review” strategy

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  • read a passage
  • hide notes
  • recall as much as you can
  • review to see if you remember and understand the information
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What is necessary in order for a memory to undergo consolidation?

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-retrieval practice

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What are strategies and tricks for improving memory called, that involve a formula, verse, visual image, word associations?

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-mnemonics

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Why are mnemonics effective?

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  • information gets put in “CHUNKS” to be more manageable

- forces memories to be encoded ACTIVELY and THOROUGHLY

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