Order of Memories
We tend to remember the most recent material we have learned, this is called the ___ effect.
What is the recency effect?
Andrew has a chapter test in his history class tomorrow that he did not study for and now he is trying to stay up late to read the entire unit rather than reading small amounts everyday. This is ___ practice.
What is massed practice?
Connie is learning her orders of operations and she remembers it best as, "please excuse my dear aunt Sally" or PEMDAS, she is using a ___ device.
What is a mnemonic device?
John matches the colors of his folders to each school subject, now whenever he sees a blue folder his thinks of math. This was created by establishing ___.
What is categories?
Rick is trying to remember he friend's phone number but can only remember the first and last three digits, this is the ___ ___ effect.
What is the serial position effect?
Jessie is at the top of her class because she does small study sessions rather than cramming when preparing for tests which makes her retain the most information, this is a phenomenon or effect called ___.
What is the spacing effect?
Billie is getting ready to go grocery shopping, she is trying to remember everything without a list. She need bread, carrots, and cheese so she creates a story within her home relating each item to a spot in her home. When she gets to the store she remembers what she needs because of the story. This is an example of the ___ of ___.
What is the method of loci?
Missy has a math test and an English chapter test tomorrow and she is studying for both; however, she has a lower grade in math so she wants a higher score on that test. She then gets to math class and passes the test while she gets to English and realizes she forgot what she studied. Her brain created a ___ based on what was most important.
What is a hierarchy?
Adrian is trying to recite as many digits of pi as he can, he watches a video on the first twenty digits but can only remember the first six. This is the ___ effect.
What is the primacy effect?
Jay has realized that studying multiple days before exams in short bursts is more effective than waiting for the night before to learn everything, he has learned this through ___ practice.
What is distributed practice?
Nicolas is getting ready for a history exam, he is grouping all of his study material by time period. He is using __ to organize.
What is chunking?
Tyler is preparing for a science test by reviewing his notes and practicing active recall the few nights before. He believes that a good night of sleep will allow the material to become more solid memories. This is called ___.
What is memory consolidation?