Topic 6 Chapter 8 Ways to Enhance Memory

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The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

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chunking

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According to the state-dependent learning theory, where is the best location for you to study for an exam? Options: a park with lots of trees, a room with no windows or pictures to distract you, the classroom where you will take the exam, a room in your house where you spend a lot of time

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the classroom where you will take the exam

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If you relate new information to material that you already know, you are practicing

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elaborative rehearsal.

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If you recite the rhyme "Thirty days has September, April, June, and November" to remember the number of days in each month, you are using a(n)

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mnemonic device.

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Information can be held in this storage bank for around 30 seconds without rehearsal.

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short-term memory

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Using the acronym Roy G. Biv to studying the colors of the rainbow. This is a good example of

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mnemonic

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Making an effort to rehearse information over and over again to remember

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Maintenance Rehearsal

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A general system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which helps with remembering something.

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mnemonics

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A general system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which helps with remembering something.

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mnemonics

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What technique involves associating items on a list with a sequence of familiar physical locations?

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The Method of Loci