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AS Psychology: Strategies for Memory Improvement
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- 1LOCI (Visual Imagery)Using a familiar route one takes to remember a list of things through association. The more vivid, the better the recall.
- 2Acronym (Verbal Mnemonic)First letter retrieval cues to recall.
E.g - 'Richard Of York Gains Battles In Vain' to remember the colours 'Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet' - 3Active Processing 1Craik & Lockhart (1975) : Memory depends on deep and meaningful processing
- 4Active Processing 2Craik (1977): Tested recall in different conditions;
4 diff. groups given list of printed words and asked to carry out task:
1) Answer structural questions
2) Acoustic Task 3) Semantic Task
4) Simply remember words - 5Active Processing 3Craik (1977) Continued:
Recognition task = 3) was better than 1) and 2) and was on the same level as 4)
Meaningful engagement with stimulus materials leads to better retention. - 6Face-Name System (Visual Imagery)Lorayne & Lucas (1974): Think of image similar to person's name and link to prominent feature on person's face.
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