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Chapter 5 Improving Memory and Reading

Chapter 5 Improving Memory and Reading. How does the memory work?. Three Stages Sensory Register Short Term Memory (STM) Long Term Memory (LTM). Sensory Register. Lasts less than a second Records sensory experience Allows the brain to process info Helps us to focus on relevant info .

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Chapter 5 Improving Memory and Reading

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  1. Chapter 5Improving Memory and Reading

  2. How does the memory work? • Three Stages • Sensory Register • Short Term Memory (STM) • Long Term Memory (LTM)

  3. Sensory Register • Lasts less than a second • Records sensory experience • Allows the brain to process info • Helps us to focus on relevant info

  4. The Sensory Register is like a quickly fading photo of your sensory experience

  5. Short Term Memory • Lasts about a half a minute • Temporary and limited • Records what we see, hear, do, taste, touch • Purpose is to ponder significance and decide if it is important enough to remember

  6. Magical Number 7 • It is easier to remember material grouped in chunks of seven (+ or –2)

  7. Common 7’s • Telephone Number • License Plate • Days of the Week • Colors of the Rainbow • Deadly Sins • 7 Dwarfs (Snow White) • Can You Name Some Others?

  8. Long Term Memory • Large capacity • Permanent storage • Use it to store important information for future use • Use it to store information for college success

  9. How are long term memories formed? • Takes purposeful action • Repetition • Meaningful association • It must have survival value • Personal reasons • To pass a test

  10. These Help Motivation • Interest or • Joy in learning

  11. We remember what is stored in Long Term Memory (LTM) This is the goal of college study Is It True that We Never Forget?

  12. How Long Do We Remember? • Sensory Register less than one second • Short Term less than one minute • Long Term permanent

  13. To Store Information in Long Term Memory • Requires rehearsal • Apply memory techniques

  14. Forget We • Unpleasant things • Names of people, places, things • What is barely learned • What we do not understand • Under pressure or stress • Material we learn by “cramming” • Ideas in conflict with our beliefs

  15. Remember We • Pleasant Experiences • Material important to us • What we put in effort to learn • What we have reviewed • What is interesting • What we use frequently • Muscular skills such as riding a bike

  16. Theories of Forgetting • I Forgot • Mental Blur • Decay • Interference • Reactive Interference • Motivated Forgetting

  17. Rate of Forgetting (or losing access) • AFTER 20 MINUTES 47% • AFTER 1 DAY 62% • AFTER 2 DAYS 69% • AFTER 15 DAYS 75% • AFTER 31 DAYS 78% Hermann Ebbinghaus

  18. Super LearningAverage IQ = 100Genius = 160

  19. The average human only uses 4% of their brainIf we could use 7%, we could all be a genius!

  20. Brain cell of a rat Without Stimulation With Stimulation

  21. Ready for a memory test?

  22. How did you remember?

  23. Memory Techniques

  24. Meaningful Organization

  25. Memory is like a library

  26. If you miss-file a book, You cannot find it. It is still there and you may stumble across it one day.

  27. File your books correctly. Organize those thoughts!

  28. Organize it. • Learn from thegeneralto the specific • Make it meaningful

  29. Remember the Magical Number 7? Organize in Groups of 7 or Less

  30. Visualization • Make a mental picture of what you want to remember • Commercials make good use of this technique

  31. Recitation • One of the most powerful techniques • Memories exist in the form of a chemical neural trace • Some researchers think it takes 5 seconds to establish this trace • Repeat it 5 times or keep it in your mind for 5 seconds

  32. READY FOR THE TEST AGAIN? YOU’LL DO BETTER THIS TIME

  33. More Memory Techniques

  34. Develop an Interest • We tend to remember what interests us

  35. Can You Remember? • Music • Sports • Hobbies • Styles

  36. Find Something Interesting in Your College Studies

  37. See the Big Picture • Understand the main points first and the details second

  38. Imagine trying to see a painting one inch at a time! It is difficult to appreciate or understand.

  39. “The essence of genius is knowing what to overlook.” William James

  40. Intend to Remember • Tell yourself that you are going to remember.

  41. Intend to remember where you put your keys!

  42. Distribute the Practice • Learn small amounts at a time • Review frequently

  43. EXAMPLE:SAFMEDSSAYALLFASTONE MINUTEEACHDAYSHUFFLE

  44. Create a Basic Background • We remember by making connections to what we already know • At first college is difficult because you are establishing the basic background

  45. Relax While Studying

  46. You can’t remember if you are embarrassed

  47. Frustrated

  48. Tired

  49. Memory Tricks

  50. Acrostics • Creative rhymes, songs or poems Musical Notes: Every Good Boy Does Fine

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