Intro to Cognitive Psychology Week 8

 Zach Tran

Intro to Cognitive Psychology

10/29/23

Learning & Memory PSA

    Hello, dear student! Are you looking for just the right advice to do better in your classes? Feel like you're working hard, day and night, and yet you just aren't getting the results you want? Look no further! Today, I shall teaching you all about the intricacies of our mind and what it really takes to study hard, remember well, and perform to the fullest of your ability! This is no miracle cure, but with some research and practiced methods, we can work to let you be the best learner you can be!

    First of all, active learning is key! In particular, active generation leads to better outcomes in learning than passive reception. I know it's tempting to just listen to lectures or read over your assigned reading once or twice. The material is dense enough as is, and you just want to get it through once. But passive learning is one of the most often mistakes that students fall to. Passive learning leads to greater difficulty in retaining information, processing it, and recalling it later when you're taking an exam or giving a presentation. Instead, make sure you are actively learning! Take notes, but not just word for word. Summarize and highlight the important information, and rewrite the information in your own words. Go over your notes multiple times later, and space out the times of repetition. Eventually, quiz yourself on the information and try and teach it to others rather than just memorizing it and going over it over and over. With these key techniques for active learning, information processing, recall, and retrieval will be more successful than ever before.

    Once you've locked down your study habits, ready yourself for your performance! Preparation is key, and that means it can't stop at just studying. Ready yourself mentally for when you need to perform by simulating your environment. If you'll be taking a test, try and study in that same room. If you can't, try and study in as similar of an environment as possible. Take practice tests with similar formats. If you're going to present, follow this game plan. Practice presenting as much as possible. Ready yourself for the environment and situation that you'll be presenting in, whether it's in front of a large crowd, just in front of a teacher, receiving lots of questions, or actively involving your audience. By readying yourself and simulating your test or presentation in as an accurate of a test environment as possible, you are readying yourself further. Thus, when the big day comes, you'll be more ready than ever, and ready to succeed!

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