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Chapter 7
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- 2. How does thememory work? Three Stages Sensory Register Short Term Memory (STM) Long Term Memory (LTM)
- 3. Sensory Register Lasts lessthan a second Records sensory experience Allows the brain to process info Helps us to focus on relevant info
- 4. The Sensory Registeris like a quickly fading photo of your sensory experience
- 5. Short Term Memory Lastsabout a half a minute Temporary and limited Records what we see, hear, do, taste, touch Purpose is to ponder significance and decide if it is important enough to remember
- 6. Magical Number 7 Itis easier to remember material grouped in chunks of seven (+ or –2)
- 7. Common 7’s Telephone Number LicensePlate Days of the Week Colors of the Rainbow Deadly Sins 7 Dwarfs (Snow White) Can You Name Some Others?
- 8. Long Term Memory Largecapacity Permanent storage Use it to store important information for future use Use it to store information for college success
- 9. How are longterm memories formed? Takes purposeful action Repetition Meaningful association It must have survival value Personal reasons To pass a test
- 10. These Help Motivation Interestor Joy in learning
- 11. Is It Truethat We Never Forget? We remember what is stored in Long Term Memory (LTM) This is the goal of college study
- 12. How Long DoWe Remember? Sensory Register less than one second Short Term less than one minute Long Term permanent
- 13. To Store Informationin Long Term Memory Requires rehearsal Apply memory techniques
- 14. •Rate of Forgetting(or losing access) •AFTER 20 MINUTES 47% • AFTER 1 DAY 62% •AFTER 2 DAYS 69% •AFTER 15 DAYS 75% •AFTER 31 DAYS 78% Hermann Ebbinghaus
- 15. When is thebest time to review?
- 16. Review within 20minutes
- 17. Ready for a memorytest?
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- 20. Memory is likea library
- 21. If you miss-filea book, You cannot find it. It is still there and you may stumble across it one day.
- 22. Organize those thoughts! Fileyour books correctly.
- 23. Remember the Magical Number7? Organize in Groups of 7 or Less
- 24. Visualization Make a mentalpicture of what you want to remember Commercials make good use of this technique
- 25. Recitation One of themost powerful techniques Memories exist in the form of a chemical neural trace Some researchers think it takes 5 seconds to establish this trace Repeat it 5 times or keep it in your mind for 5 seconds
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- 27. Develop an Interest Wetend to remember what interests us
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- 29. Find Something Interesting inYour College Studies
- 30. See the BigPicture Understand the main points first and the details second
- 31. “The essence ofgenius is knowing what to overlook.” William James
- 32. Intend to Remember Tellyourself that you are going to remember.
- 33. Intend to rememberwhere you put your keys!
- 34. Distribute the Practice Learnsmall amounts at a time Review frequently
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- 36. You can’t rememberif you are embarrassed
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- 40. Acrostics Creative rhymes, songsor poems Musical Notes: Every Good Boy Does Fine
- 41. Acronyms Create New Wordsas Memory Aids NASA LASER SCUBA
- 42. Can you strengthenyour mind?
- 43. Exercises to Strengthenthe Mind Puzzles Music Fix Something Art Dance Aerobic Exercise Interesting People
- 44. Keeping Your MindHealthy Exercise Rest Balanced, low-fat diet Eat proteins and carbohydrates Drink caffeine in moderation Don’t abuse drugs or alcohol Use safety gear
- 45. Part II: Readto Remember
- 46. Sum: Apply thesesuper learning techniques Meaningful Organization Visualization Recitation Develop an Interest See the Big Picture First Intend to Remember Distribute the Practice Create a Basic Background Relax
- 47. Myths About Reading IfI read, I should remember what I read.
- 48. Generally people cannot remember50% of of the material they have just read!
- 49. Myths About Reading IfI read, I should remember what I read. I do not need to read if I go to class. Practice makes perfect.
- 50. SQ4R A shortcut to collegereading
- 51. Read once Instead ofRe-reading. Recite for memory improvement
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- 53. Why? •Beginning of speedreading •Improves comprehension
- 54. How? Quickly look overthe chapter Turn the subtitles into questions
- 55. Survey See the bigpicture Ease into studying Warm up Create a basic background Get started
- 56. Question Read to findanswers Improves reading comprehension Forces you to concentrate ??
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- 58. Become an ActiveReader
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- 60. This step ismost important for Memory
- 61. How? Read to identify thetopic sentence or main idea
- 62. Underline or highlightthe idea if it is important.
- 63. When reading istough Read it again Look up new words Read it aloud Ask the instructor Stand up and read Use tutoring Pretend you understand Take a break and come back later
- 64. Read with aDictionary Use 3X5 cards to learn new words
- 65. Recite Most powerful memorytechnique Converts information from short term to long term memory Keeps you alert FAST
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- 68. When? Within 20 Minutes! Most ofthe forgetting occurs in the first 20 minutes.
- 69. How to Review Aftereach main section, review the main points At the end of the chapter, quickly review the main points one more time Do your review quickly
- 70. Reflection is thecreative step
- 71. Reflection How can Iuse this? What is important? How does it relate? How can I use it in my career? Is it true?
- 72. A step beyond memorizationis Wisdom REFLECT
- 73. Online Reading Strategies What isyour purpose for reading? For college material: Scan first. Look for key points. Make note of the important points. Review.
- 74. What to doif the reading goes in one ear and out the other.
- 75. What to doif the reading goes in one ear and out the other? Tell yourself you can do it! Try visualization. Look for personal meaning. Scan for important points. Talk to the text as you read it.
- 76. 4 Gears ofReading Skimming (2000-3000 WPM) Rapid Reading (300-800 WPM) Slow Reading (150-300 WPM) Studying (200 WPM)
- 77. Guidelines for Markinga Text
- 78. Understanding the main ideas=Success on tests
- 79. The Listing PatternPresents a List of Items Your task as a reader is to identify all items listed Watch for clues such as numbers or letters
- 80. Keys to Success: PositiveThinking You can improve your reading and your life with positive thinking!
- 81. If you thinkyou are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you like to win but think you can’t, It’s almost certain that you won’t. Life’s battles don’t always go To the stronger woman or man, But sooner or later, those who win Are those who think they can.