What is forgetting?
Loss of information stored in memory
100
What are the three stages involved in the memory process?
What are the three stages involved in the memory process?
Encoding, storage and retrieval.
100
What is the first thing you need to do before attempting to learn something?
What is the first thing you need to do before attempting to learn something?
Get focused.
100
Define immediate review.
Define immediate review.
Reviewing new information as soon as possible after you hear or read it.
100
How can you test yourself?
How can you test yourself?
Develop questions and answer them.
200
Define Retention.
Define Retention.
Keeping something in one's memory.
200
Define encoding.
Define encoding.
information enters the brain from a variety of sources.
200
How does visualization make remembering easier?
How does visualization make remembering easier?
It allows you to relate information in form of a mental picture which will aid recall of the information.
200
How does immediate review help you?
How does immediate review help you?
It allows the information to stick in your brain and make sense.
200
How do you formulate review questions?
How do you formulate review questions?
Through the heading in the book.
300
Give an example of "use it or lose it".
Give an example of "use it or lose it".
Friends Address, etc...
300
Define short-term memory.
Define short-term memory.
momentary or brief storage
300
What is chunking?
What is chunking?
Organizing or reducing information into groups or chunks.
300
Define periodic review.
Define periodic review.
Returning to and quickly reviewing previously learned material on a regular basis.
300
What are retrieval clues?
What are retrieval clues?
Tags that enable you to pull information from your memory.
400
Define Inference and give an example.
Define Inference and give an example.
Something new you have learned prevents your from remembering something old you have already learned
Ex: Studying Spanish
400
How long does it last until information moves from short-term memory to long-term memory?
How long does it last until information moves from short-term memory to long-term memory?
more than a few seconds.
400
Looking for similarities and differences aids the process of....
Looking for similarities and differences aids the process of....
Chunking.
400
Define final review.
Define final review.
making a last check of material before an exam or test.
400
What are Mnemonics. Give an example.
What are Mnemonics. Give an example.
tricks or aids that you can devise to help you remember. (rhymes, anagrams, etc.)
500
Sketch the pattern of the Retention Curve.
Sketch the pattern of the Retention Curve.
down sloping
500
Once information is stored in your long-term memory, you recall it through a process known as........
Once information is stored in your long-term memory, you recall it through a process known as........
Retrieval
500
Identifying the purpose is a key to...
Identifying the purpose is a key to...
getting focused
500
How long should the final review be?
How long should the final review be?
Not lengthy, but a quick refresher.
500
Define the method of loci.
Define the method of loci.
selecting an object and associating it with its components in order