Student Wellness and Study Strategies

Study Notes

Take notes during lectures, either on a laptop or by hand
Review notes before each class to review the previous lecture
Go over notes as soon as possible after class, highlighting areas of uncertainty
Identify knowledge gaps at the end of each lecture
Ask questions during office hours
Utilize the discussion board and other SLG members
Practice with textbook questions and create mock test questions
Create mind maps to help understand complex concepts
Paraphrase lecture notes for better understanding
Review notes throughout the semester, compiling summary pages at the end of each week
Take advantage of easy marks, like attendance in seminars

SLG leaders are not teaching assistants
Leaders cannot provide answers or predict exam content
Mistakes may not be caught if the review session is not attended
The goal of the session is to work through multiple-choice questions as a group, and guide learners through the course content

Students requiring accommodations should contact their SLG leader or the SLG program ([email protected])

Definition of Memory: The persistence of learning over time through storage and retrieval of information and skills
Short-Term Memory Span: 7 +/- 2 chunks of information
Study Strategies: Re-reading, spaced studying, self-testing, and summarizing notes.
Types of Long-Term Memory: Explicit (facts and events) and Implicit (skills and procedures)
Long-Term Memory (LTM): Information held in LTM expands over time.
Retrieval failure: Forgetting occurs right before an exam due to the absence of a specific cue, context, etc.

Theory of Mind: Understanding that others have their own thoughts and perspectives.
Classical Conditioning: Learning through associating two stimuli.
Agonist: A molecule that fills a receptor site and activates it (like a neurotransmitter)
Neurotransmitters: Chemical messengers in the brain affecting thoughts and behaviors, like those affected by alcohol's effect on the blood-brain barrier.
Memory Issues: Forgetting, storage decay, encoding failure, retrieval failures (missing the cue needed to remember.)
Defense Mechanisms: Strategies used to manage painful or difficult emotions and thoughts. (examples listed in other question responses.)