1. Cornerstone: First Year Experience UWG 1101
Chapter Ten:
Understand

2. Reading Quiz
List and briefly define the 5 steps to the memory technique defined in the book as VCR3.
Briefly explain the bizarreness effect.

3. Being Old
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
- Henry Ford

4. Chapter Goals
Learn how to study, how to increase your memory capacity, and how to take assessments (tests) more effectively
Understand how your memory works and how to make it work better
Learn the difference between short-term and long term memory, and how to commit things to long term memory.
Use mnemonics to help you remember information
Identify three different study strategies that can be applied to all of your classes
Identify the cause of test anxiety, and how to reduce it.

5. Friedrick Nietzsche (1844-1900)
“The existence of forgetting has never been proved; we only know that some things don’t come to mind when we want them”
“God is dead” – Nietzche – 1882
“Nietzche is dead” – God

6. Did You Know…
If your brain was fed ten new pieces of information every second for the rest of your life, you would not even fill half of your memory capacity?
… so how do we tap into our memories?

7. Three Types of Memory Sensory memory Short term (working) memory
Long term memory

8. Sensory Memory
Information gathered from five senses (taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight)
Huge capacity
Short duration – 1 to 3 seconds
Caveat – the information is of utmost importance forces an effort to transfer to long-term.
Hot stove
Alarm
Electrical Smoke

9. Short-term Memory Also called “working memory”
Holds information for short period of time
Holds limited amount of information
Five to nine separate pieces or facts
Rehearing information in short term memory will move it to your long-term memory.

10. jmplngtoplntstsevng Jum lng to plnts ts evng Short-term memory
Other Examples:
Phone Numbers ( )
Social Security ( )
jmplngtoplntstsevng
Jum lng to plnts ts evng

11. Long-Term Memory Huge capacity: Like a computer disk with many files
Information you have heard or seen often
Information you use often
Information you have deemed necessary or important
Like a computer disk with many files
Effort and memory techniques will help you store anything you want to remember

12. Facts about Memory Everyone remembers and forgets information.
Your senses take in information.
With little effort you can remember some information.
With rehearsal (study) you can remember more.
Without use, information is forgotten.
Filing incoming information correctly will help retain it.
Stored information must have a retrieval method
Mnemonics, repetition, association, and rehearsal will help with storage and retrieval

13. VCR3 Memory Technique V – Visualizing C – Concentrating R – Relating
R – Repeating
R – Reviewing
People forget 81% of what they ready in a textbook after 28 days.

14. Memorizing v. Knowing Memorizing something is short-lived.
Knowing is making a commitment to owning the information, to making it a part of your life.
How badly you need to retain the information will deeply influence your level of commitment.

15. Mnemonics Mnemosyne – Greek Goddess of Memory
Memory techniques or tricks to help you put information into long-term memory.
Quadratic Equation?
All States in the US?
“bizarreness effect” - we remember bizarre information more rapidly than mundane every day facts.
Unusual information and events trigger heightened levels of attention.

16. Types of Mnemonics Jingles/rhymes Sentences Words ABC’s
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Words
HOMES

17. Types of Mnemonics Story lines Acronyms Pegging
Weave details into a creative story
Acronyms
SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus)
MARTA
NASCAR
Pegging
Attaching new information to old pegs

18. General Studying Advice
Avoid Cramming!
Study each day to avoid last-minute stress
Form a study group with motivated students
Keep up with daily reading and homework

19. Studying in a Crunch
Depressurize – Don’t pretend cramming is going to save you.
Know the score – Know what to focus on.
Read it quick – H2FLIB
Make connections – Can I relate this to something else I already know?
Use your syllabus/study guide – If a professor provides this, it’s a great place to start.
See it – Vizualize! – Mapping, diagrams, photos, drawings, outlines….
Check your notes – Look for things you highlighted as important.
Choose wisely – You can’t do it all – make wise decisions about what to study first.

20. ReducingTest Anxiety Control negative self-talk – stay positive
Study daily and overlearn the material
Arrive early and prepared for test
Jot down your mnemonics right away
Read instructions and entire test carefully
Answer questions you know first

21. Be Testwise! – Quiz your instructor
What types and how many questions?
What chapters/sections will be covered?
Is there a time limit?
Are there any special instructions?
Is there a study sheet?
Is there a review session?
What is the grade value of the test?
What chapters or section will be covered?

22. Types of Responses
Quick-time response: you immediately know the answer, so respond.
Pitfall – read the entire question, be sure you answer based on the wording of the question.
Lag-time response: don’t get nervous, move on and the answer may come to you later
No response: move on and make an intelligent guess later

23. Common Question Types Matching True-False Multiple-Choice
Read each column before starting
Match what you know first
Look for logics clues
True-False
Look for double negatives
Be mindful of the use of words like “often,” “rarely,” “always,” “never,” etc
Multiple-Choice
Try to answer the question before looking at the options
Eliminate obviously wrong answers
Read all options before answering

24. Common Question Types Short Answer Essay
Read each statement/question before answering.
Be brief.
Length of a blank has nothing to do with length of the answer.
Look for key words
Go with your gut.
Essay
More is not always better. Be concise.
Pay close attention to the action word in the question: Discuss, Compare, Contrast, Summarize, Analyze, Justify, Prove…..
Be sure to answer all, not just some of the question.
Summarize your main ideas

25. Chapter Reflections Study hardest material first
Review lecture and textbook notes frequently
Use mnemonics
Learn using a variety of techniques
Be testwise
Review entire test before beginning
Ignore pace of classmates
Be aware of the time while testing

27. Wednesday Chapter 11 – “Inform” pages 232-254
Journal Entry Due – “Alcohol Awareness”