Memory Essay

To be an effective student there are many different strategies that can be used. There are multiple ways are brains encode, which is the process of getting information into our brain. Visual encoding deals with pictures, Acoustic encoding deals with sounds, especially words, and semantic encoding deals with meaning, including the meaning of words.
Encoding information that relates to a person is especially easy to recall. The self-reference effect refers to when someone is asked how well an adjective describes someone else, it is easily forgotten, but when asked how the adjectives describe you, the words are remembered well.
Visual encoding is closely related to mnemonic devices. Mnemonic devices are memory aids that use vivid imagery and organizational devices. This memory strategy is named for the Greek word memory. Even within mnemonic devices there are different types. The “method of loci” is imagining moving through a familiar location and associating each place with a visual representation of the topic, to be remembered. The “peg-word” system uses both acoustic and visual codes, an example being “one is bun, two is shoe”. Making mnemonic devices for subjects in school help prepare for tests.
When it comes to time management massed practice and the spacing effect are the most common types of study sessions. Spacing effect, which is the tendency for distributed study or practice, tends to produce better long-term retention than massed study or practice. Restudying material for comprehensive final exams, and reviewing courses will enhance lifelong retention.
Quick studying is forgotten quickly, therefore, spaced studying is greater than cramming sessions. “The amount remembered depends on the time spent learning.” (Myers), and overlearning, which is additional rehearsal, increases