UNDERSTANDING YOUR MEMORY

Table of contents

• 3 Terms Used to Describe Memories
• Overview of the 3-Box Model
• Box 1: Sensory Memory
• Going from Sensory Memory to Short Term Memory
• Box 2: Short Term Memory
• Overview of Box 3: Long Term Memory (LTM)
  • Overview of 2 problems with LTM (encoding and retrieval)
  • Problem 1: Getting information into LTM (the encoding problem)
  • Problem 2: Getting information out of LTM (The retrieval problem)
  • Solving both the encoding and retrieval problems by using mnemonics
  • Two important similarities between LTM and a library
  • Two important differences between LTM and a library
• Believing these 7 memory myths will hurt your test scores
• Review activities

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