Look at the list of concepts below. From that list, identify two or three things you are doing well in studying for your classes and two or three changes that you would make to improve your study skills. Your answer should include at least five psychological concepts related to memory. For each concept, you will need to define the psychological concept in your own words and explain how it relates to what you do well or do poorly but could improve on. Specific examples are helpful.
Elaborative encoding
Semantic encoding
Visual imagery encoding
Organizational encoding
Rehearsal
Chunking
Consolidation
Retrieval cues
Encoding specificity
State dependent retrieval
Procedural memory
Priming
Retroactive or proactive interference
Absentmindedness
Others that are not in the book but you can choose to research and also use:
Spacing effect
Serial position effect
Self-reference effect
Recall vs. recognition