Study skills & Test Strategies

Question 1

How do you remember info

Answer 1

Attend to the task

Visualize the patterns

Repeat the information*

Question 2

What does each listed part of your brain correspond with
Amygdala:
Hippocampus:
Prefrontal cortex & Parietal cortex
Visual cortex:
Many places:

Answer 2

Amygdala: attention
Hippocampus: short-term memory
Prefrontal cortex & Parietal cortex: working memory
Visual cortex: seeing
Many places: long-term memory

Question 3

What are some brain-based memory strategies

Answer 3

• Ensure you are able to devote your undivided attention to the material being studied.

-Shut out all distractions

• try to visualize the material
• Make acronyms
• Repetition
• Study some material one evening and return to it a couple of hours or days later

Question 4

Why you should read the course material

Answer 4

Most professors base many of their test questions on the course materials

The textbook is an obvious choice for questions

Course notes/slides are also a good source of questions. Major for ENSC 105W!
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Read the course materials throughout the semester. Trying to cram before the exam is a very ineffective method as the material never makes it beyond short-term memory.

Question 5

What you should do to succeed

Answer 5

Take notes in class

Complete the hw

Study for the Test