Your Brain's Database - U3L5 Psych B

Depth of processing

? refers to the amount of effort employed to process information and the number and strength of associations that are created between the new data and knowledge already in your memory.

Mnemonic device

A ? is any means of organizing or encoding information for the purpose of making it easier to remember.

Mnemonic devices

Acronyms, rhymes an imagery are all examples of ??

Organizational structure

Information that enters your system could never be retrieved without ?

fMRI

The ? is used to research how much information is organized and represented in memory.

Associations

The key factor in transferring information from short-term to long-term memory is the development of ? between the new information and schema already available in the memory.

Assimilation

There are ways in which information may be learned or committed to memory: by rote, ?, or use of a mnemonic device.

It is connected to information that you already know.

Why is learning by assimilation considered to be so effective?

Assimilation

You and your friends made up a new game at the park last week. To help you remember the rules you created, you think of your game as a cross between soccer and rock-paper-scissors. What method did you employ to help you remember the rules?