How would you effectively apply memory techniques to academia?

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Wow, thank you so much for those tips! :smiley: I can see them saving me a lot of time already.

Regarding the technique you mention (of using pure imagery, link system and story method), I’m not too clear on this …apologies if this is an obvious question.

Would an example of applying the technique you mention be like follows?

( :point_down: in the below example, which I saw from this thread, by user Kosmopolitan)

Example text to learn:
> Social Learning Theory, formed by Bandura in 1977, argues that learning is not purely behavioral, but it is a cognitive process in a social context. He posits that people can learn through vicarious reinforcement, the observation of a behavior and its consequences, and involves modelling, the observation, extraction of information from those observations, and decision-making about the performance of those behaviors. Thus, learning can occur without an observable change in behavior, and reinforcement is not entirely responsible for learning. The four conditions required for learning are: attention; retention; reproduction; and motivation. These conditions can further be influenced by factors such as the relevance of the behavior and traits of the model.

  1. read it intensely. Do not think “oh i’ll just make a journey for this so I don’t have to understand/remember”. Read it while you convince yourself; this is the last time I’ll ever be allowed to look at this text, ever.
  2. now boil the text down to the most essential elements. e.i.:

-SLT
-Bandura
-1977
-learn by observation
-attention, retention, reproduction, motivation
-other factors

In this way you have condensed 6-7 lines of text to 6 points.

  1. Make associations to each item on the list: SLT is a BLT sandwich with salmon instead of bacon. Bandura is a professor who’s the lead singer in a band. 77 is GG, gandalf the grey in my system or the 7 dwarves and their twins, if you don’t have system. ‘Learn by observation’ is a mom watching the cooking channel. ‘Attention’ is a tent. It collapses so you have to re-tent (retention), inside the tent are people having sex (reproduction) while being motivated by the host from fear factor.

Thanks again!

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