Auditory
Visual
Applied
Conceptual
Spatial
Verbal
Social
Independent
Creative
Pragmatic
Sketch the back of a $1 bill.
Why don’t we remember the $1?
• we don’t care about it
• we never really looked at it
• if we did look at it, we didn’t understand
words or symbols on it
PRINCIPLES OF MEMORY
• need INTENT to remember
• need MEANINFULLNESS to remember
• need REPETITION to remember
• need ALL THREE of these
Chapter 3
Why improve your learning and memory techniques?
LEARNING PRINCIPLE
Why Forgetting Occurs
2 Common Reasons Why Forgetting Occurs
• When something new you have
learned prevents you from
remembering something old
• When something you have already
learned prevents you from learning
something new
Ignore
Improving Concentration by Excluding
Distractions (Exclude Competing Stimuli)
Strategies for Original Learning
What you know + What you will learn
work
Marie’s
quizzes
treatment
causes
STRESS
bills
negativity
results
illness
ulcers
weight: loss/gain
Strategies for Original Learning
1. Discover how the material you are
studying is connected.
2. Look for similarities and differences.
3. Look for sequences and for obvious
divisions or breaking points within
sequences.
CONCLUSION: Make order out of disorder.
Strategies for Original Learning
1. Discover how the material you are
studying is connected.
2. Look for similarities and differences.
3. Look for sequences and for obvious
divisions or breaking points within
sequences.
When to Review
• Review lecture notes as soon as possible
after taking them.
• Review textbook notes as soon as you finish
reading.
• Review all course materials at the end of
each day.
How to Review
ON Quiz
How to Review
• Mnemonics are memory tricks, or aids,
that you can devise to help you
remember information.
•Use the loci method where you select a
familiar object and associate ideas to it.
Overview of the Learning & Memory Process
Homework: imagine the quiz for Chapter 3