ABMP Student Success Curriculum

Topic 6: Memory

2. Goals of This Lecture

• Understand basic memory processes.

• Identify factors that impact memory.

• Learn effective information processing methods.

• Organize information for better memorization.

3. Memorize all the items on this slide in

30 seconds.

4. Write down the names of all the items that you can remember.

5. Count the number you got correct.

6. Memorize the letters on this slide, in order.

• K Y L D C U I

7. Write down as many letters as you can remember, in order.

8. Memorize these letters, in order.

• H Y W Q O M P D S A C U V Z N

9. Write down as many as you can remember, in

order.

10. Memorize these numbers, in order.

• 4 7 3 1 4 8 9 1 0 7 6

11. Write down as many of the numbers as you

can remember, in order.

12. Compare Your Answers

• K Y L D C U I

• H Y W Q O M P D S A C U V Z N

• 4 7 3 1 4 8 9 1 0 7 6

13. Types of Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Short Term

– Immediate memory

– Working memory

• Long Term

14. Sensory Memory

• What we hear, see, smell, taste, touch

• Johann Andreas Segner and the burning coal experiment

• Last 1–2 seconds

• Happens automatically

15. Short Term Memory

• Immediate memory

– Information in the here and now

• Working memory

•Organization of information and linking to long-term memory to move into long-term memory.

•George Miller & 7 Chunks +/- 2 Chunks

16. Working Memory

Meet Mary and forget her name when you see her in the kitchen one minute later.

Limitations of Immediate Memory

Instead, place the name in working memory and manipulate the information.

“This persons name is Mary and she looks like my cousin Mary. Each time I see her, I’m going to think of my cousin to remember her name.”

17. Long Term Memory

• Lasts decades

• Unlimited capacity

• Item moved from short term memory when links are formed to established long-term memories

• Memorize by repetition

18. Factors that Impact Memory

• Emotions

• Sleep

• Aging

19. Effective Processing Methods

• Pay attention to the information.

• Understand the information.

• Organize the information.

• Work to store it properly.

20. Pay Attention!

• Information cannot be memorized unless you “select” it.

– Listen.

– Take notes.

– Ask questions.

– Reorganize notes.

21. Understand It!

• Break down information sentence by sentence in challenging reading assignments.

• Look up difficult words.

• Say the meaning of the sentence out loud.

• Build your capacity for the future.

• You won’t remember something you don’t understand.

22. Organize It!

• Mind maps

• Graphic organizers

• Rewrite notes

• Use memory cues

• Group information

23. Mind Maps

24. Graphic Organizers

25. Grouping

• Group material into related chunks

• No more than 7 chunks

• Recall beginning/end easiest

• Rewrite notes with middle at beginning or end and study both sets.

26. Catchwords

• Create memory cues

• The Digestive Process

– Ingestion: eating

– Digestion: food broken down

– Absorption: nutrients absorbed by cells

– Elimination: undigested wastes are removed

– IDAE = IDEA: it’s a good IDEA to eat a balanced meal before tests!

27. Catchphrases

• Like catchwords, only use the first letter of each word.

– Ingestion: eating

– Digestion: food broken down

– Absorption: nutrients absorbed by cells

– Elimination: undigested wastes are removed

– Ingrid Does Aerobics Early

28. Songs & Rhymes

• Rhythm and melody have built in memory cues.

– Use a familiar tune

•“Mary Had a Little Lamb”

•“Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

• Rhyming also has memory cues because important words sound alike.

29. Repetition & Over-Learning

• Space out study sessions

• Continually repeat and review previously learned information

• Work with information in a variety of ways

• Review lecture notes directly after class.

• Rewrite lecture notes within twenty four hours

• Review notes directly before sleep

• Review old notes for 10 minutes each day

• Write a quiz from your notes and take the quiz

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