CHAPTER 5

PRINCIPLES OF MEMORY

• Memories are neural traces created in the brain.
• They are linkages or connections between the neurons.
• Chemical links are caused by several different types of action.

THREE R'S OF MEMORY

• Registration- stage in which something comes to you and has meaning.
• Retention- stage in which you make a conscious decision to remember something .
• Recall- the ability to remember something.

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• Research proves that your memory is essentially a visual mechanism.
• This does not mean you have crystal clean memory though.

SIMILARITY EFFECT

• You remember things much easier if you group them.
• Take words that are in random order and group them together.
• Like cars with cars and so on.

MAKE ASSOCIATIONS

• Make associations with words.
• Link personal things with words.
• This works very well for me in Spanish.

WEIRDNESS EFFECT

• You are most likely to remember things that are unsual.
• Like words like Zulu or Zoroastrian.

HOW I LEARN

MEMORIZATION

• I try and memorize everything I'm learning.
• I usually just read the thing I'm learning over and over.

FLASHCARDS

• Flashcards help me learn tremendously.
• They allow me to study at home and on the go.

VISUAL AID

• Visual Aid is also a big learning tool for me.
• If I see something I tend to remember it.

REPETITION

• Repetition is my most effective learning style.
• When I repeat things I usually always Remember it.