(5) 2.4 Encoding Memories

  • Chunking - Organizing items into familiar, manageable units

  • Mnemonics - Memory aids, many use vivid imagery and organizational devices.

    • Method of Loci - imagining yourself placing information around a room and then picking them up

    • Link Method - Turning info into vivid images & linking those images together

    • Peg Words Method - item is associated in imagination with a number-word pair