Mnemonic Improvement 1
In order to engage in this kind of studying, you must study past the point of mastery
What is overlearning?
This deep processing task can help you rapidly encode new information
What is elaborative encoding?
If you study in the same internal and external environment as the expected testing environment, you are relying on this principle
What is the encoding specificity principle?
This technique consists of context reinstatement (physical context of situation), temporal patterns (different time sequences), and spatial patterns (different perspectives).
What is a cognitive interview?
In order to engage is this king of studying, you must study with breaks in between your study session
What is distributed practice?
To generate your own associations or answers to vocabulary terms or test questions is to use what skill
What is the generation effect?
To learn new information through this method, you would use an already well-learned location to encode new information
What is the method of loci?
Doing this allows you to recall more details from your episodic memory without promoting false memories
What is closing your eyes?
If you structure your environment to help you remember items on your exam, you are relying on what
What are external cues?
If you want to encode new information faster, you should focus on this aspect of the information you would like to learn
What is distinctive aspect?
This way of learning links new information to a visual image
What is the keyword technique?
Performing this helps you study more of what you don't know and less or what you already know
What is a judgement of learning?
You perform this when you break information up into parts and therefore group information in working memory
What is chunking?
This is the best way to organize to-be-learned information in
What are meaningful categories?
This way of encoding uses both visual and auditory imagery to learn new information
What is the pegword technique?
You are performing this if you study at the leading edge of difficulty, or in other words study the unmastered and easiest to learn information first
What is the region of proximal learning?
In order to train your working memory, you should practice this
What are digit span tasks?
If you learn new information using the same words that could be on the exam you are relying on this
What are retrieval cues?
Keeping one of these can help you better retain autobiographical events
What is a memory diary?
To promote retention and recall of autobiographical events you should initiate these kinds of discussions
What are memory conversations?