Memory Everyone has a photographic memory Some just

Memory “Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don’t have any film” Dr. Cynthia Wong Brigham Young University

“We didn’t start the fire” http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=r 4 q. Gc. UI 9 s. A

Why do we remember certain things? Novel effect Repetition Serial effect Familiarity Flashbulb effect “Catchy” Interest Personal connection to the material

3 processes involved in memory ENCODING: STORAGE: RETRIEVAL: The process of perceiving, interpreting, and attending to the information The process of storing information for long term use The process of accessing stored information from long term memory

Working memory Temporary storage and manipulation

Working memory Phonological Loop Episodic buffer Visuo-spatial sketchpad

Storage and retrieval Store information in a way that makes sense to YOU so that you can retain the information over long periods of time and access the information quickly and easily

Memory Strategies Familiar Meaningful Multi-sensory Organized Concrete Mnemonics

Mnemonics ACRONYMS Familiar Meaningful Multi-sensory Organized Concrete Mnemonics � HOMES Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. � SKILL Excretory organs of the body: Skin, Kidneys, Intestines, Liver, Lungs. � A PAIL Five types of wounds: Abrasion, Puncture, Avulsion, Incision, Laceration.

Organization Test of Hypothesis Familiar Meaningful Multi-sensory Organized Concrete Mnemonics Interval Data Means Ordinal Data Relationships Two or more means One mean t test Z test Two Variables Relationship Nominal Data Relationship Proportion

Mind-mapping

List A - Alphabetical Apple Apricot Black Berry Blue Berry Cherry Melon Orange Peach Pear Plum List B - Acronyms T exas O hio M ichigan A rizona H awaii A rkansas W ashington K entucky I ndiana N evada G eorgia List D - Rhymes Tricuspid Valve Right Ventricle Pulmonary Artery Lungs Pulmonary Vein Atrium Left Ventricle Arteries Arterioles Capillaries List E – Peg words Blueberry Tank President Hunchback Fingernail 3 rd grade Centipede Flag Transform Fly List C – Locus of Control Bumper Headlights Hood Windshield Dash Board Steering Wheel Seat Back Window Trunk Tail Light

Creating Associations using a multisensory approach

Try these words…. Lagan - noun anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered. Duplicitous - adj. Being deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech.

Peg Words 1 = Bun 2 = Shoe 3 = Tree 4 = Door 5 = Hive 6 = Sticks 7 = Heaven 8 = Gate 9 = Line 10 = Hen

The Ten Commandments 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me (Exodus 20: 3). 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image (Exodus 20: 4). 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain (Exodus 20: 7). 4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy (Exodus 20: 8). 5. Honour thy father and thy mother (Exodus 20: 12). 6. Thou shalt not kill (Exodus 20: 13). 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery (Exodus 20: 14). 8. Thou shalt not steal (Exodus 20: 15). 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness (Exodus 20: 16)10. Thou shalt not covet (Exodus 20: 17).

Pump your blood. . . Right Atrium Tricuspid Valve Right Ventricle Pulmonary Artery Lungs Pulmonary Vein Atrium Left Ventricle Aortic Valve Arteries