HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY ;
1. MASSED PRACTICE (not good) VS SPACED PRACTICE (good, recommended)
* Massed Practice
- cramming, involves studying all the materials at one time
- do not have time to understand, remember and organize the reading materials
* Spaced Practice
- involves space time over some period or time for studying
- allows time for the information to consolidate in the long-term memory
- allows someone to think and organize the info
2. BREAK READING MATERIAL DOWN FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME
- study 2 chapters per day, not all chapters a day before exam
3. REHEARSAL
- repeat the info many times
4. ELABORATION STRATEGIES
*Associations
- to associate and 'connect' each word or event with a person, place, thing, picture. feeling or situation
*Acronym/Catchwords
-increased memorability
*Imagenary
-visualize the image of the information needed
*Organizational Strategies
-organize the materials
