Experience Psychology: Using Memory Techniques To Remember

Memory is very important in your day to day life. You also use memory when studying of learning about a new topic. By thinking critically about a subject you can greatly increase your memory. In order for things to stick in your memory you have to value or really care about the topic, issue, or object. In “Experience Psychology” the author states “If you think about memory as a physical event in the brain, you can see that memorizing materials is like training your muscles” (King 235). Every time you repeat your studies or recite what you want to know the material will stick with you throughout life. The tips for memorization are organization, encoding, rehearsing, and retrieving course content (King 235). Organization is the key. When you have completed well thought out information you have a better chance of remembering it not only short term, but also long term. An outline, in which you state the …show more content…
Cuesta College Academic Support Team suggests in order to remember you need to follow the following steps: select what you need to remember, choose a technique to help yo remember, review the material’s, read, recite, and rewrite (Memory Tips). An interesting thing that the website suggests is to use mnemonic devices to remember which includes using rhymes, acronyms, abbreviation, and peg words (Memory Tips). Cuesta College also touches on four ways to forget information you have memorized. When you remember similar information it is easy to get confused, that is why you would need to purge some information (Memory Tips). According to Cuesta College Academic Support Team not learning the information is the number one reason we woll forget it (Memory Tips). Even though we are talking about memory for studying the website touches on test taking strategies and essay test strategies. Cuesta College also gives some good tips for preparing for finals, and how to prepare during