ABMP Student Success Curriculum

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ABMP Student Success Curriculum

• Topic 6 Memory

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2. Goals of This Lecture

• Understand basic memory processes.
• Identify factors that impact memory.
• Learn effective information processing methods.
• Organize information for better memorization.

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3. Memorize all the items on this slide in 30
seconds.
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4. Write down the names of all the items that you
can remember.
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5. Count the number you got correct.
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6. Memorize the letters on this slide, in order.

• K Y L D C U I

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7. Write down as many letters as you can
remember, in order.
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8. Memorize these letters, in order.

• H Y W Q O M P D S A C U V Z N

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9. Write down as many as you can remember, in
order.
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10. Memorize these numbers, in order.

• 4 7 3 1 4 8 9 1 0 7 6

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11. Write down as many of the numbers as you can
remember, in order.
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12. Compare Your Answers

• K Y L D C U I
• H Y W Q O M P D S A C U V Z N
• 4 7 3 1 4 8 9 1 0 7 6

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13. Types of Memory

• Sensory Memory
• Short Term
• Immediate memory
• Working memory
• Long Term

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14. Sensory Memory

• What we hear, see, smell, taste, touch
• Johann Andreas Segner and the burning coal
  experiment
• Last 12 seconds
• Happens automatically

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15. Short Term Memory

• Immediate memory
• Information in the here and now
• Working memory
• Organization of information and linking to
  long-term memory to move into long-term memory.
• George Miller 7 Chunks /- 2 Chunks

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16. Working Memory
Limitations of Immediate Memory
Meet Mary and forget her name when you see her in
the kitchen one minute later.
This persons name is Mary and she looks like my
cousin Mary. Each time I see her, Im going to
think of my cousin to remember her name.
Instead, place the name in working memory and
manipulate the information.
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17. Long Term Memory

• Lasts decades
• Unlimited capacity
• Item moved from short term memory when links are
  formed to established long-term memories
• Memorize by repetition

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18. Factors that Impact Memory

• Emotions
• Sleep
• Aging

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19. Effective Processing Methods

• Pay attention to the information.
• Understand the information.
• Organize the information.
• Work to store it properly.

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20. Pay Attention!

• Information cannot be memorized unless you
  select it.
• Listen.
• Take notes.
• Ask questions.
• Reorganize notes.

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21. Understand It!

• Break down information sentence by sentence in
  challenging reading assignments.
• Look up difficult words.
• Say the meaning of the sentence out loud.
• Build your capacity for the future.
• You wont remember something you dont understand.

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22. Organize It!

• Mind maps
• Graphic organizers
• Rewrite notes
• Use memory cues
• Group information

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23. Mind Maps
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24. Graphic Organizers
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25. Grouping

• Group material into related chunks
• No more than 7 chunks
• Recall beginning/end easiest
• Rewrite notes with middle at beginning or end and
  study both sets.

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26. Catchwords

• Create memory cues
• The Digestive Process
• Ingestion eating
• Digestion food broken down
• Absorption nutrients absorbed by cells
• Elimination undigested wastes are removed
• IDAE IDEA its a good IDEA to eat a balanced
  meal before tests!

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27. Catchphrases

• Like catchwords, only use the first letter of
  each word.
• Ingestion eating
• Digestion food broken down
• Absorption nutrients absorbed by cells
• Elimination undigested wastes are removed
• Ingrid Does Aerobics Early

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28. Songs Rhymes

• Rhythm and melody have built in memory cues.
• Use a familiar tune
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Rhyming also has memory cues because important
  words sound alike.

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29. Repetition Over-Learning

• Space out study sessions
• Continually repeat and review previously learned
  information
• Work with information in a variety of ways

• Review lecture notes directly after class.
• Rewrite lecture notes within twenty four hours
• Review notes directly before sleep
• Review old notes for 10 minutes each day
• Write a quiz from your notes and take the quiz

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