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