2.4(encoding memories)

mnemonic devices

memory aids or strategies that help you encode, store, and recall information more easily—especially lists, facts, or concepts.

method of loci

a powerful mnemonic strategy that helps you remember information by associating it with specific locations you know well—like rooms in your house or stops along a walk.

chunking

memory strategy where you group information into smaller, meaningful units (or “chunks”) to make it easier to remember.

spacing effect

the psychological principle that we learn and remember information better when we space out our study sessions over time, rather than cramming all at once.

distributed practice

Studying material over multiple sessions spread out over time

massed practice

Studying material intensively in one long session, right before a test

serial position effect

memory phenomenon where people tend to remember the first and last items in a list better than the middle ones.

primacy effect

etter recall of items at the beginning of the list

recency effect

Better recall of items at the end of the list