Memory
“Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don’t have any
film”
Dr. Cynthia WongBrigham Young University
“We didn’t start the fire”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4qGc-UI9sA
RepetitionFamiliarity“Catchy” InterestPersonal
connection to
the materialNovel effectSerial effectFlashbulb effect
Why do we remember certain things?
3 processes involved in memory
ENCODING:
The process of perceiving,
interpreting, and attending to the
information
STORAGE:
The process of storing information for long term use
RETRIEVAL:
The process of accessing stored information from
long term memory
Working memory
Temporary storage and manipulation
Working memory
Visuo-spatial sketchpad
PhonologicalLoop
Episodic buffer
Storage and retrieval
Store information in a way that makes sense to YOU so that you can retain the information over long periods of
time and access the information quickly and easily
Memory Strategies
FamiliarMeaningful Multi-sensoryOrganizedConcreteMnemonics
ACRONYMS
HOMES Great Lakes: Huron,
Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
SKILL Excretory organs of the
body: Skin, Kidneys, Intestines, Liver, Lungs.
A PAIL Five types of wounds:
Abrasion, Puncture, Avulsion, Incision, Laceration.
FamiliarMeaningful Multi-sensoryOrganizedConcreteMnemonics
Mnemonics
FamiliarMeaningful Multi-sensoryOrganizedConcreteMnemonics
Test of Hypothesis
Interval Data
Means
Two or more means
One mean
t test
Z test
Relationships
Two Variables
Ordinal Data
Relationship
Nominal Data
Relationship Proportion
Organization
Mind-mapping
List A - AlphabeticalAppleApricotBlack BerryBlue BerryCherryMelonOrangePeachPearPlum
List B - AcronymsT exas
O hioM ichiganA rizonaH awaiiA rkansasW ashingtonK entuckyI ndianaN evadaG eorgia
List C – Locus of Control
BumperHeadlightsHoodWindshieldDash BoardSteering WheelSeatBack WindowTrunkTail Light
List D - RhymesTricuspid ValveRight VentriclePulmonary ArteryLungsPulmonary VeinAtriumLeft VentricleArteriesArteriolesCapillaries
List E – Peg wordsBlueberryTank PresidentHunchbackFingernail3rd gradeCentipedeFlagTransformFly
Creating Associations using a multi-sensory approach
Try these words….
Lagan - noun anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
Duplicitous - adj. Being deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech.
Peg Words
1 = Bun2 = Shoe3 = Tree4 = Door5 = Hive
6 = Sticks7 = Heaven8 = Gate 9 = Line10 = Hen
The Ten Commandments
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me (Exodus 20:3).
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image (Exodus 20:4).
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain (Exodus 20:7).
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8).
5. Honour thy father and thy mother (Exodus 20:12).
6. Thou shalt not kill (Exodus 20:13). 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery (Exodus 20:14
). 8. Thou shalt not steal (Exodus 20:15). 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness (
Exodus 20:16)10. Thou shalt not covet (Exodus 20:17).
Pump your blood. . .
Right AtriumTricuspid ValveRight VentriclePulmonary ArteryLungsPulmonary VeinAtriumLeft VentricleAortic ValveArteries