Writing Assignment 1 The memory chapter of Experience Psychology Laura King 2 nd ED book Includes a section with tips from the science of memory, and how to apply those in studying and in life. For...

Study Skills and Memory Skills
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1) Going through the memory chapter of Experience Psychology by Laura King, I have
learned some very important lessons. The chapter deals with the science of memory and how
certain techniques can help an individual memorize more than others and apply this skill in
bettering the self in the realm of academics and other arenas of life. Memory, as per the author, is
like a physical event in the brain which like any other physical events needs proper training, and
in this context a repeated recruitment of sets of neurons can obviously establish the connection
one wants to have while giving exams or while leading a meaningful life.
To implement the process of memory fruitfully in the realm of education an individual
must go through the stages of organizing, encoding, rehearsing, and retrieving and all these
stages altogether contribute to the enhancement of an individual’s power of memorizing.
According to King, organization of the study materials is a necessary step for honing the skill of
memorizing. But before organizing the materials one has to review them for errors, ambiguities,
and silly mistakes so that they can be removed before organizing. It is better, as per the author, to
arrange the materials, rework them, and give the study materials a structure suitable for
remembering. The next step to organizing is encoding and it is in this stage that a student must
try to memorize the organized study materials and for doing so he/she must pay attention to the
materials and the information within, process relative information in an appropriate manner, use
imagery to remember the respective information fruitfully, and always keep in mind that the
process of encoding should always be embraced at the beginning of the course or...