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How to Learn
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/20/2022

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Maintenance Rehearsal
Definition
Maintaining information in your short-term memory by repeating the information over and over again until it sticks
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Elaborative Rehearsal
Definition
retaining new information via repetition, involving learning the meaning, context, and linkages between the new information and other concepts
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Retrieval
Definition
the cognitive act of retrieving or recalling this information from your long-term memory into your short-term memory
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Chunking/Grouping
Definition
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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Recognition
Definition
a feeling of familiarity for a previously-encountered stimulus
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Free-recall
Definition
retrieval of specific information from memory without cues
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Cued-recall
Definition
retrieval of specific information from memory based on an associated stimulus
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Imagery
Definition
a technique used to memorize information in which you construct a visual that your mind can associate with the information
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active recall
Definition
testing yourself on the information
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What type of retrieval is associated strongly with multiple-choice questions?
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Recognition
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What type of retrieval is associated strongly with matching questions?
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Cued-recall
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What type of retrieval is associated strongly with essay/short-response questions?
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Free recall
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distributed practice
Definition
spreading out study sessions
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mnemonic device
Definition
creating some sort of association between something you're trying to memorize and another piece of information
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acrostic
Definition
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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peg method
Definition
mnemonic device -linking words with numbers
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outlining
Definition
grouping smaller categories into larger ones to make them easier to recall
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mind map
Definition
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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loci
Definition
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
Definition
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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self-elaboration
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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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