Cognitive psychologyLesson 4 of 4 in the course Memory

Memory Strategies for Encoding, Study, and Retrieval

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Summary

Memory can fail when we try to recall everyday details or important information for an exam. This lesson introduces strategies that help encode information and make it easier to retrieve later.

Rehearsal is the conscious repetition of information to be remembered. Repeating multiplication facts, a name, or a phone number gives the information another opportunity to be processed. Rehearsal can help maintain information and support its movement from short-term memory toward long-term memory.

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What is elaborative rehearsal?
Repeating information while considering its meaning and connecting it to knowledge already stored in memory.
What is the self-reference effect?
The memory benefit of relating information to yourself.
What is distributed practice?
Studying in shorter sessions spread across time rather than in one long session.
What is retrieval practice?
Trying to recall information from memory, such as answering a question before checking the answer.
What happens to information during memory consolidation?
Information is organized and strengthened for long-term storage.

Quiz questions

  1. What is rehearsal in the context of memory?Answer: Consciously repeating information to help remember it.
  2. How does chunking make a long phone number easier to remember?Answer: It organizes separate digits into manageable groups.
  3. Which action best demonstrates elaborative rehearsal?Answer: Connecting a 520 phone prefix with the fact that 520 is an Arizona area code.
  4. What does the acronym HOMES help a learner recall?Answer: The names of the five Great Lakes.
  5. Why might saying a word aloud improve memory for it?Answer: Producing the word adds a distinctive feature to its encoding.

Based on Psychology 2e by Rose M. Spielman, William J. Jenkins, Marilyn D. Lovett (OpenStax), licensed CC BY 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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