Question

Psychologists have found that human memory involves three processes: encoding information into memory, storing information in memory, and retrieving information from memory. Psychologists have also identified specific strategies to help people encode, store, and retrieve information. How can this research help you study for this class more efficiently? What strategies could help you encode and store information in your memory as you study? What strategies could help you retrieve this information when you take a test?

In a multi-paragraph essay, describe how you could use specific memory strategies to improve your study skills. Be sure to explain how each strategy will improve how you encode, store, or retrieve information in memory. Include details from class materials, readings, and research on memory to support your discussion.

Answer 1

In order to improve or store processes in the memory, the most important aspect would be of encoding. A piece of information when encoded, would only be stored and recalled. By the process of encoding, a person would be able to use the perceived information such that it would be converted into a form that could be stored inside the brain. Also, this part of information would be called later from the stored processes, and this forms the long term or short term memory. Working memory would be storing information so that it would be used immediately and could be manipulated.

Memory encoding could be made better by item recognition , where, after given a prompt, the person would be able recall an information. Also, this could be explained by multiple trace theory. The second process process could be by the use of a cued recall, explains that similarity in attributes. Cued recall explains item recognition, and similarities in attributes. Free recall is the process in which a person would recalling items, that they have learned. Also, memory could be enhanced by remembering things in the form of sequences.