Mnemonic Strategies
How do you remember places,
events, and people?
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Long-term Memory
• The storehouse of
everything you know
about the world and
yourself. It is
unlimited. Anything
you have stored in longterm memory is
available for later
recall.
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Short-term Memory
• This is transient
working memory.
Those things you are
paying attention to right
now must first pass
through this narrow
channel. There are two
major limitations.
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• First, only a small amount
of information can be held
there. Second, the
information can be held for
only a short amount of time.
It fades if we shift our
attention to something else.
It can’t hold anything more
than 30 seconds and can
store only 5 to 9 items.
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Mnemonic Device
• This is a strategy
for organizing
information with
the only purpose of
making it more
memorable.
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• Chunking: Listen to the
following series of numbers.
Pencils down!
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• Chunking
1, 7, 7, 6, 1, 8, 6, 1, 1, 9, 1, 4, 1,
9, 4, 1, 1, 9, 8, 1, 1, 9, 9, 5
177, 618, 611, 914, 194, 119,
811, 995 or
1776, 1861, 1914, 1941, 1981,
1995
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•
Chunking
Vincent is preparing a slide
with a series of letters.
Get ready to chunk. No
pencils!
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•
Chunking
ROFGNIOKLOSN
R E T PTAPE LH S U
N SAR E L
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Chunking
Anybody want to try?
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Chunking
ROF
OSN
PEL
SAR
GNI
OKL
R E T PTA
HSUN
EL
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Chunking
ROFGNIOKLOSN
R E T PTAPE LH S U
N SAR E L
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Chunking
LOOKI NG FOR
PATTERNS HELPS US
LEARN
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• Chunking
• Key Word
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• Chunking
• Key Word
– ROY G BIV
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• Chunking
• Key Word
– ROY G BIV
– My Very Efficient Mother Just
Sent Us Nine Pizzas
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• Chunking
• Key Word
– ROY G BIV
– My Very Efficient Mother Just
Sent Us Nine Pizzas
– Norman Eats Shredded Wheat
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• Chunking
• Key Word
– Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy
Green Stools
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• Chunking
• Key Word
– Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy
Green Stools
– Please Excuse My Dear Aunt
Sally
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• Chunking
• Key Word
– Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy
Green Stools
– Please Excuse My Dear Aunt
Sally
– Know The Canyon’s History;
Study Rocks Made By Time
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• Chunking
• Key Word
– King Henry Died Monday
Drinking Chocolate Milk
(Metric System: Kilometer,
Hectometer, Dekameter, Meter,
Decimeter, Centimeter,
Millimeter)
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• Chunking
• Key Word
– King Henry Died Monday
Drinking Chocolate Milk
(Metric System: Kilometer,
Hectometer, Dekameter, Meter,
Decimeter, Centimeter,
Millimeter)
– Sally Miller Hates Eating Okra
(Great Lakes left to right)
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
– A Stroll through his village
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
– A Stroll through his village
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
– A Stroll through his village
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
– A Stroll through his village
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
– A Stroll through his village
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
– A Stroll through his village
– Down Snoqualmie’s Main
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
– A Stroll through his village
– Down Snoqualmie’s Main
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
– Cicero
– A Stroll through his village
– Down Snoqualmie’s Main
Street
– Your Home Floor Plan
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
• Peg Word
– Numbers : One is a bun;
Two is a shoe; Three is a
tree; Four is a door; Five is
a hive; Six are sticks;
Seven is Heaven; Eight is
a gate; Nine is a lion; Ten
is a hen
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• Chunking
• Key Word
• Method of Loci
• Peg Word
– Numbers: One is a bun; Two is a shoe; Three
is a tree; Four is a door; Five is a hive; Six are
sticks; Seven is Heaven; Eight is a gate; Nine
is a lion; Ten is a hen
– Alphabet: Each letter
different and based on
person’s background
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Peach jam
Hot dogs
Mustard
lettuce
Tomatoes
Tooth Paste
Potato chips
Hot Tamales [candy]
Salsa
Light bulbs