IV. Improving Memory: Tricks and Tools
You will remember information more successfully if you organize the material so that you integrate it, connecting it to information you already know. Mnemonic devices include interactive images, the method of loci, the pegword system, rhyming words, hierarchical organization, and acronyms. Memory retrieval can be improved by reinstating the environment where the information was learned, shutting out distractions, continuing to try, remembering characteristics of the information, and using external cues.

	6.17	Memory Strategies Try these memory strategies in this class before your next test.

	6.18	Neuroenergetic Concept of Intelligence What do neurons have to do with memory? Read about it here.

	6.19	Learning Strategies: Memory This site provides background information on memory as well as strategies for improving it.

	6.20	The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information This is the classic paper by George Miller, originally published in The Psychological Review. This paper is well known in psychology for its role in defining limits for short-term capacity and developing the idea of chunking.

	6.29	True/False: Heritability of Memory Answer this True/False question about the heritability of memory.

	6.30	Review of Key Terms Check your knowledge of key terms and concepts from this section.

	6.31	Essay: Mnemonic Tricks Try out different mnemonic tricks with this essay question.

	6.32	Essay: Improving Memory Retrieval Use the methods you have learned to enhance recall to recall the methods you have learned.

	6.33	Essay: Looking at Levels: Hypnosis and Memory Apply the levels of analysis to hypnosis and false memories.

	6.34	Essay: Consolidate! Answer questions to consolidate what you have learned in this section.