Chapter 3

1. Chapter 3 Memory. . . You never forget!

2. The memory jungle . . . Visualization #1: A well-worn path Becoming a Master Student

3. The memory jungle . . . Visualization #2: A herd of thoughts Becoming a Master Student

4. The memory jungle . . . The memory jungle . . .Visualization #3: Turning your back Becoming a Master Student

5. The memory jungle . . . Visualization #4: You aredirecting the animal traffic Becoming a Master Student

6. FOUR MEMORY TIPS • Organize it • Use your body • Use your brain • Recall it

7. ORGANIZE IT • Learn from the general to the specific • Make it meaningful • Create associations

8. USE YOUR BODY • Learn it once, actively • Relax • Create pictures • Recite and repeat • Write it down

9. USE YOUR BRAIN • Reduce interference • Use daylight • Overlearn • Escape the short-term memory trap

10. USE YOUR BRAIN (cont.) • Distribute learning • Be aware of attitudes • Choose what not to store in memory • Combine memory techniques

11. RECALL IT • Remember something else • Notice when you do remember • Use it before you lose it • Remember, you never forget!

12. Link to something else • A ritual

13. Link to something else • A ritual Looking at your watch

14. Use imaginary clues

15. Use imaginary clues Telephone hanging on door

16. Tell yourself---

17. Tell yourself--- At any time I choose, I will be able to recall . . .

18. Recite and repeat in conversation Ask other person to recite and repeat Visualize Admit you don’t know Introduce yourself again Remembering names

19. Use associations Limit number of new names you learn at one time Ask for photos or lists Go early Make it a game Remembering names (cont.)

20. Mnemonic devices Becoming a Master Student

21. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • New words

22. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • New words • Acronyms

23. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • New words • Acronyms • NASA

24. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • New words • Acronyms • NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

25. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Creative sentences

26. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Creative sentences • Acrostics

27. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Creative sentences • Acrostics • Every good boy does fine • musical notes on treble clef staff (E, G, B, D, and F)

28. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Rhymes and songs

29. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Rhymes and songs • Coca-Cola’s • song

30. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Rhymes and songs • In fourteen • hundred and • ninety-two. . . • Coca-Cola’s • song

31. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Rhymes and songs • In fourteen • hundred and • ninety-two. . . • Coca-Cola’s • song • Thirty • days hath • September • . . .

32. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Systems

33. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Systems • Loci

34. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Systems • Loci • visual associations with familiar locations

35. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Systems • Loci • visual associations with familiar locations • Peg

36. Mnemonic devices (cont.) • Systems • Loci • visual associations with familiar locations • Peg • key words represented by numbers

37. FINAL MEMORY TIP

38. FINAL MEMORY TIP Remember, you never forget!