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Chapter 9
Memory and Studying:
Retaining What You Learn
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Habit for Success
• Perceive
– Note—and then look beyond—what you see and
hear. Open sensory pathways. Build awareness so
that you can lock information into long-term memory
in a meaningful way.
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How Does Memory Work?
Learning and
performance
depend on
memory
Information you
remember is the
raw material for
thinking
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The Information Processing: Model of
Memory
Raw Sensory
Information Registers
Long-term Short-term
Memory Memory
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Information Retrieval
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How Can You RememberWhat You
Study?
Take in
information
Knowledge
Retention
Review
continually
over time
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Use Memory Strategies Based on
Journalists’ Questions
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When to Study
How Long
to Study
When to
(2 hrs per
Stop
credit
hour) When
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Where to Study
What
locations are
available?
What’s open
What when you
locations have time
work for you? free?
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Who to Study With
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What to Study and Why
Choose Prioritize
Materials Materials
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How Can Mnemonics Boost Recall?
Imagination
Location Association
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Types of Mnemonics
• New Ideas
Method of Loci • Familiar Locations
• Word Acronym
Acronyms • List Order Acronym
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Habit in Action
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Copyright
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