Introduction
What is Memory?
Memory Flowchart
Healthy Memory
How to Improve Memory
Basics
Simple List
Ordered List
Concept Maps
Thirteen Memory Tips
Summary
Apply What You Learned
Self Evaluation
References
Use this tool to give you a good idea where you stand. Remember that the only person who will see this is you.
1) How many chunks of information can short term memory store at a time?
A) Only one thing can be stored at a time.
B) Only a couple of items can be stored at a time.
C) around ten items can be stored at a time.
D) Short-Term can store an unlimited amount of information.
2) Chunking information can be used to improve:
A) Long-Term memory.
B) Short-Term memory.
C) Retrieving information.
D) The Sensory register.
3) Which of the following does NOT help keep a healthy memory?
A) Exercise.
B) Healthy eating habits.
C) Smoking.
D) Avoiding Stress.
4) Mnemonics are?
A) Diseases that impair memory.
B) Forms of meditation.
C) Memory tools used for remembering information.
D) Programs designed to help children with spelling.
5) The ideal time to review information after learning it would be:
A) 10 minutes after learning.
B) While you are watching TV.
C) The night of learning.
D) The following day.
6) Imagery is best used:
A) For remembering a short list.
B) When writing a lab report.
C) Maintaining a healthy memory.
D) Making a concept map.
7) Which of the following is NOT true about concept maps?
A) They help us visualize relationships between concepts.
B) Concepts are linked together with arrows and connecting words.
C) They are used in remembering short lists.
D) They follow a hierarical structure.
8) Bun, shoe, tree... correlate with:
A) A number system used in short lists.
B) A number system used in ordered lists.
C) Concept maps.
D) The memory flowchart.
9) Rehearsal, Coding and Imaging are 3 ways to send short term memory to long term memory.
A) True.
B) False.
10) Most memory lost after gaining information happens between 10 minutes to a day after learning.
A) True.
B) False.