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Doing well on exams requires 1) an effective study plan, 2) active study strategies, and 3) a good ______.
Doing well on exams requires 1) an effective study plan, 2) active study strategies, and 3) a good ______.
memory
One of the most useful of these is the Information Processing Model. “Having a good ______” involves both putting information into ______ and getting it back out—both storage and retrieval.
One of the most useful of these is the Information Processing Model. “Having a good ______” involves both putting information into ______ and getting it back out—both storage and retrieval.
memory
What you typically think of as learning involves storing information in your ______ so that it will be available later when you need it.
What you typically think of as learning involves storing information in your ______ so that it will be available later when you need it.
memory
Recall a time when you thought you studied a particular topic well enough, only to find that you couldn’t remember the information during the test.
Recall a time when you thought you studied a particular topic well enough, only to find that you couldn’t remember the information during the test.
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Perhaps you never got the information in your long ______.
Perhaps you never got the information in your long ______.
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Or you were simply unable to recall it when you needed to.
Or you were simply unable to recall it when you needed to.
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Information Processing Model suggests that ______ is complex and consists of various processes and stages. For example, there are at least three types of ______:
Information Processing Model suggests that ______ is complex and consists of various processes and stages. For example, there are at least three types of ______:
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To learn and remember, we must encode, store, and retrieve information. The first step in this process is encoding—interpreting information in a meaningful way.
To learn and remember, we must encode, store, and retrieve information. The first step in this process is encoding—interpreting information in a meaningful way.
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The second step in the ______ process, storage, involves working on (for example, repeating and organizing) information so that it can be placed into LTM.
The second step in the ______ process, storage, involves working on (for example, repeating and organizing) information so that it can be placed into LTM.
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Sensory ______, also known as the sensory registers; essentially, our senses (vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch) are always very busy.
Sensory ______, also known as the sensory registers; essentially, our senses (vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch) are always very busy.
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Understanding Memory Processes
Understanding Memory Processes
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Where are you Now
Where are you Now
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Specific Memory Strategies
Specific Memory Strategies
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Do you organize or group
Do you organize or group
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Do you space your practice
Do you space your practice
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Do you try to remember information just by making up a rhyme, word, or other memory aid
Do you try to remember information just by making up a rhyme, word, or other memory aid
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True or false: Memory and learning are not related processes?
True or false: Memory and learning are not related processes?
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True or false: Making up rhymes or words to help remember information is not a recommended memory strategy?
True or false: Making up rhymes or words to help remember information is not a recommended memory strategy?
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True or false: It is best to try to memorize all the information needed for an exam in one sitting?
True or false: It is best to try to memorize all the information needed for an exam in one sitting?
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True or false: Forgetting a lot of information studied by the time of the test is a common issue for many students?
True or false: Forgetting a lot of information studied by the time of the test is a common issue for many students?
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True or false: Active study strategies are not important for doing well on exams?
True or false: Active study strategies are not important for doing well on exams?
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True or false: Sensory registers involve our senses being relatively inactive?
True or false: Sensory registers involve our senses being relatively inactive?
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True or false: Sensory memory involves our senses being very busy with unimportant stimuli that are quickly forgotten.
True or false: Sensory memory involves our senses being very busy with unimportant stimuli that are quickly forgotten.
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True or false: Short-term memory has only one component.
True or false: Short-term memory has only one component.
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True or false: The Information Processing Model suggests that memory is a simple and single process.
True or false: The Information Processing Model suggests that memory is a simple and single process.
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True or false: The third step in the memory process is storage.
True or false: The third step in the memory process is storage.
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True or false: Long-term memory involves both putting information into memory and getting it back out.
True or false: Long-term memory involves both putting information into memory and getting it back out.
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True or false: Sensory memory is also known as the sensory registers.
True or false: Sensory memory is also known as the sensory registers.
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True or false: Retrieving a memory is very much like going into your basement.
True or false: Retrieving a memory is very much like going into your basement.
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True or false: Sensory memory involves our senses being very busy with important stimuli that are always remembered.
True or false: Sensory memory involves our senses being very busy with important stimuli that are always remembered.
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True or false: Short-term memory involves immediately moving information into long-term memory.
True or false: Short-term memory involves immediately moving information into long-term memory.
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True or false: Sensory memory involves storing information in your memory for later use.
True or false: Sensory memory involves storing information in your memory for later use.
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True or false: Sensory memory involves our senses being very busy with unimportant stimuli that are quickly forgotten?
True or false: Sensory memory involves our senses being very busy with unimportant stimuli that are quickly forgotten?
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True or false: Long-term memory involves both putting information into memory and getting it back out?
True or false: Long-term memory involves both putting information into memory and getting it back out?
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True or false: The Information Processing Model suggests that memory is a simple and single process?
True or false: The Information Processing Model suggests that memory is a simple and single process?
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True or false: Short-term memory involves immediately moving information into long-term memory?
True or false: Short-term memory involves immediately moving information into long-term memory?
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True or false: Sensory registers involve our senses being relatively inactive?
True or false: Sensory registers involve our senses being relatively inactive?
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True or false: Memory and learning are not related processes?
True or false: Memory and learning are not related processes?
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True or false: Sensory memory is responsible for storing information in long-term memory.
True or false: Sensory memory is responsible for storing information in long-term memory.
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True or false: Short-term memory has unlimited capacity.
True or false: Short-term memory has unlimited capacity.
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True or false: Sensory memory involves our senses being always very busy with important stimuli that are always remembered.
True or false: Sensory memory involves our senses being always very busy with important stimuli that are always remembered.
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True or false: Long-term memory involves both putting information into memory and getting it back out.
True or false: Long-term memory involves both putting information into memory and getting it back out.
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True or false: The Information Processing Model suggests that memory is a simple and single process.
True or false: The Information Processing Model suggests that memory is a simple and single process.
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True or false: Active study strategies are not important for doing well on exams?
True or false: Active study strategies are not important for doing well on exams?
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True or false: Making up rhymes or words to help remember information is not a recommended memory strategy?
True or false: Making up rhymes or words to help remember information is not a recommended memory strategy?
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True or false: Forgetting a lot of information studied by the time of the test is a common issue for many students?
True or false: Forgetting a lot of information studied by the time of the test is a common issue for many students?
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True or false: Memory and learning are not related processes?
True or false: Memory and learning are not related processes?
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True or false: Sensory registers involve our senses being relatively inactive?
True or false: Sensory registers involve our senses being relatively inactive?
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