Outline and Evaluate strategies for memory improvement
Outline and Evaluate strategies for memory improvement. (12 marks)
The first main memory improvement technique is the use of verbal mnemonics that focuses around words. For example acronyms, (where a word or sentence is formed from the initial letters of other words) e.g. - UNICEF - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Another technique is an acrostic (a poem or sentence where the first letter in each line/word forms the method used for the item being remembered). E-g Homework -Hard to do and sometimes, Overwhelming, My teacher gives us homework, every single day! Writing for hours, Or, Reading for hours, Kids need a break! Rhymes are also used (groups of words with an identity and rhythm) e.g- “rhythm of twinkle twinkle little star” in order to remember the letters of the alphabet. The last method being chunking (dividing long sentences of information into memorable chunks) e.g- for postcodes or telephone numbers.
The second techniques used are visual imagery mnemonics using visual images. The most popular method is the ‘method of loci’ whereby the learner associates parts of the material trying to be remembered to be recalled with different places ( normally important buildings/ locations for example a family home) in order those memories are released whilst being associated with something else. Another method found by (Atkinson and Raugh 1975) was the key-word method whereby conjuring up an image for the recall of a word ( mainly used in the memorisation of foreign language phrases) e.g- caballo ( horse in Spanish) could have an visual image of an one-eyed horse driving in a cab. The final method is mind mapping ( Buzan et al 1993) involved making notes of information in a branching pattern with the main topic in the centre, and component elements surrounding outwards. Sketches, colours are used to give each page a distinctive visual appearance in comparison to usual linear notes and help memory.
A strength of this explanation is that
The first main memory improvement technique is the use of verbal mnemonics that focuses around words. For example acronyms, (where a word or sentence is formed from the initial letters of other words) e.g. - UNICEF - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Another technique is an acrostic (a poem or sentence where the first letter in each line/word forms the method used for the item being remembered). E-g Homework -Hard to do and sometimes, Overwhelming, My teacher gives us homework, every single day! Writing for hours, Or, Reading for hours, Kids need a break! Rhymes are also used (groups of words with an identity and rhythm) e.g- “rhythm of twinkle twinkle little star” in order to remember the letters of the alphabet. The last method being chunking (dividing long sentences of information into memorable chunks) e.g- for postcodes or telephone numbers.
The second techniques used are visual imagery mnemonics using visual images. The most popular method is the ‘method of loci’ whereby the learner associates parts of the material trying to be remembered to be recalled with different places ( normally important buildings/ locations for example a family home) in order those memories are released whilst being associated with something else. Another method found by (Atkinson and Raugh 1975) was the key-word method whereby conjuring up an image for the recall of a word ( mainly used in the memorisation of foreign language phrases) e.g- caballo ( horse in Spanish) could have an visual image of an one-eyed horse driving in a cab. The final method is mind mapping ( Buzan et al 1993) involved making notes of information in a branching pattern with the main topic in the centre, and component elements surrounding outwards. Sketches, colours are used to give each page a distinctive visual appearance in comparison to usual linear notes and help memory.
A strength of this explanation is that