Memory

Memory

1. MSM

2. WMM

3. Memory improvement stratergy

   • DRP-Distributed Retrieval Practice
     • 1. Spread your learning over time
       • small amount of information/ day
     • 2. Test regularly
       • Easy - less often
       • Difficult - more often
     • 3. eg: flashcards
       • few words / day
         • get it right then test again in a few days
         • get it wrong, test again the next day
   • Method of Loci
     • 1.choose a well-known route. eg: in your house
     • 2.rooms could be stopping points where the information are visually stored
     • 3.this strategy involves linking the information with a mental image of it in the stopping points
     • 4.when recall, imagine taking the route and visually recreate the mental image therefore recall the information
   • Peg word
     • 1. the information is learned by forming a list of words that rhyme with number from 1-10 in turn: 1 bun, 2 shoes,... The individual can create their own words list
     • 2. then form a mental image linking the information with bun, shoes,..
     • 3. when recall, think of the number then bun, shoes,... therefore successfully recall the information
   • Verbal mnemonics
     • Chunkinng
     • Acronym: is where a word or sentence is formed from the initial letters of other words
     • Acrostic: is where the first letter in each word of the sentence forms the information to remmeber

4. Cognitive interview