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Mnemonic Strategies. How do you remember places, events, and people?. Mnemonic Strategies Long-term Memory. The storehouse of everything you know about the world and yourself. It is unlimited. Anything you have stored in long-term memory is available for later recall.
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Mnemonic Strategies How do you remember places, events, and people?
Mnemonic StrategiesLong-term Memory • The storehouse of everything you know about the world and yourself. It is unlimited. Anything you have stored in long-term memory is available for later recall.
Mnemonic StrategiesShort-term Memory • This is transient working memory. Those things you are paying attention to right now must first pass through this narrow channel. There are two major limitations.
Mnemonic Strategies • First, only a small amount of information can be held there. Second, the information can be held for only a short amount of time. It fades if we shift our attention to something else. It can’t hold anything more than 30 seconds and can store only 5 to 9 items.
Mnemonic StrategiesMnemonic Device • This is a strategy for organizing information with the only purpose of making it more memorable.
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking: Listen to the following series of numbers. Pencils down!
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking 1, 7, 7, 6, 1, 8, 6, 1, 1, 9, 1, 4, 1, 9, 4, 1, 1, 9, 8, 1, 1, 9, 9, 5 177, 618, 611, 914, 194, 119, 811, 995 or 1776, 1861, 1914, 1941, 1981, 1995
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking Vincent is preparing a slide with a series of letters. Get ready to chunk. No pencils!
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking R O F G N I O K L O S N R E T P T A P E L H S U N S A R E L
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking Anybody want to try?
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking R O F G N I O K L O S N R E T P T A P E L H S U N S A R E L
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking R O F G N I O K L O S N R E T P T A P E L H S U N S A R E L
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking LOOKI NG FOR PATTERNS HELPS US LEARN
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • ROY G BIV
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • ROY G BIV • My Very Efficient Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • ROY G BIV • My Very Efficient Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas • Norman Eats Shredded Wheat
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy Green Stools
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy Green Stools • Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy Green Stools • Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally • Know The Canyon’s History; Study Rocks Made By Time
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk (Metric System: Kilometer, Hectometer, Dekameter, Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, Millimeter)
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk (Metric System: Kilometer, Hectometer, Dekameter, Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, Millimeter) • Sally Miller Hates Eating Okra (Great Lakes left to right)
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero • A Stroll through his village
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero • A Stroll through his village
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero • A Stroll through his village
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero • A Stroll through his village
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero • A Stroll through his village
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero • A Stroll through his village • Down Snoqualmie’s Main
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero • A Stroll through his village • Down Snoqualmie’s Main
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Cicero • A Stroll through his village • Down Snoqualmie’s Main Street • Your Home Floor Plan
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Peg Word • Numbers : One is a bun; Two is a shoe; Three is a tree; Four is a door; Five is a hive; Six are sticks; Seven is Heaven; Eight is a gate; Nine is a lion; Ten is a hen
Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Peg Word • Numbers: One is a bun; Two is a shoe; Three is a tree; Four is a door; Five is a hive; Six are sticks; Seven is Heaven; Eight is a gate; Nine is a lion; Ten is a hen • Alphabet: Each letter different and based on person’s background