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| Maintaining information in your short-term memory by repeating the information over and over again until it sticks |
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| retaining new information via repetition, involving learning the meaning, context, and linkages between the new information and other concepts |
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| the cognitive act of retrieving or recalling this information from your long-term memory into your short-term memory |
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| A technique used to memorize in which you break down the information into more digestable chunks. You can only hold 7+/-2 pieces of information in your short-term memory at one time |
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| a feeling of familiarity for a previously-encountered stimulus |
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| retrieval of specific information from memory without cues |
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| retrieval of specific information from memory based on an associated stimulus |
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| a technique used to memorize information in which you construct a visual that your mind can associate with the information |
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| testing yourself on the information |
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| What type of retrieval is associated strongly with multiple-choice questions? |
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| What type of retrieval is associated strongly with matching questions? |
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| What type of retrieval is associated strongly with essay/short-response questions? |
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| spreading out study sessions |
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| creating some sort of association between something you're trying to memorize and another piece of information |
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| mnemonic device - a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words. |
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| mnemonic device -linking words with numbers |
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| grouping smaller categories into larger ones to make them easier to recall |
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| a diagram for representing tasks, words, concepts, or items linked to and arranged around a central concept or subject using a non-linear graphical layout that allows the user to build an intuitive framework around a central concept. It is an easy way to brainstorm thoughts organically without worrying about order and structure. it allows you to visually structure your ideas to help analysis and recall. |
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| strategy for memorizing new information. It involves imagining yourself placing pieces of information around a room and then visualizing yourself walking back through to pick the information up. |
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| elaborative interrogation |
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| while reading, "why", "why does it make sense that", why is this true", "how does this relate to what you already know" |
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| talking to yourself, explaining how you're going about solving a problem or explaining to yourself how the information you're learning links to other concepts, situates it under a larger context, and using the suite of tools used in elaborative rehearsal |
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