CHAPTERS 7 & 8

PD 102

Week 6 Vocabulary Words

Banal: commonplace, triteJingoism: bellicose chauvinismParvenu: a person who has recently or

suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.

Chapter 7: Remember

What is effective studying?It requires a great deal of commitment,

organization, listening, developing personalized study skills, and building memory techniques

Where you study is important

Basic Facts About Memory

Everyone remembers some info and forgets other info

Your senses help you take in info

With very little effort, you can remember some info

With rehearsal (study), you can remember a great deal of info

Incoming info needs to be filed in the brain if you are to retain it

Information stored, or filed, in the brain must have a retrieval method

Mnemonic devices, repetition, association, and rehearsal can help you store and retrieve info

Three Types of Memory

Sensory: stores info gathered from the five senses: taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight (usually temporary, lasting about one to three seconds, unless you decide that the info is of particular importance to you and make an effort to transfer it to long term memory)

Short term: holds info for a short amount of time; can hold a limited amount of info, usually about five to nine separate new facts or pieces of info at once

Long term: stores a lot of info; almost like a computer disk; you have to make an effort to put something in your long term memory but with effort and memory techniques, such as rehearsal and practice, you can store anything you want to remember there

VCR3 Memorization

The best way to commit info to long term memory and retrieve it when needed can be expressed by VCR3:

V- Visualizing C- ConcentratingR-RelatingR-RepeatingR- Reviewing

Memory Helpers

Proper sleep Proper nutrition/dietExerciseMental exercises such as crossword puzzles,

brain teasers, name gamesA positive mindsetThe proper environmentScheduled study breaksRepetition and visualization

Memory Hindrances

Internal and external distractionsAlcoholDrugsStressClose mindedness (tuning out things you

don’t like)Inability to distinguish important facts from

unimportant facts

The Difference Between Knowing and Memorizing

Knowing something means that you have made a personal commitment to make this information a part of your life

Rote memory is when you literally memorize something and days later it’s gone

You memorized it because you needed it for something like a test or a discussion, but it was not important enough to you to know it for life

To own knowledge, you have to work from many anglesAfter you read a chapter, visualized the info, related it

to something you already know, and reviewed it for accuracy, ask yourself a few questions

3 Studying Strategies

SQ3R: scan the chapter, writing questions from headings, read the chapter, recite the info, and review the chapter

Mnemonic Devices: memory tricks or techniques that assist you in putting information into your long-term memory and pulling it out when you need it (ex: creating a sentence to remember info, jingles/rhymes, words, story lines, acronyms, pegging)

Cooperative Learning: pull together a group of peple who have your same interests and goals: to pass the course

Studying with Small Children in the House

Helpful hints: 1) Study at school2) Create crafts and hobbies3) Study with your children4) Rent movies or let your children watch TV5) Invite your children’s friends over6) Hire a sitter 7) Ask if your college has on-site daycare centers 8) Talk to the financial aid office about affordable

daycare

Cramming

If you have to study in a crunch, 1) Depressurize2) Ditch the blame game3) Know what you’re cramming for 4) Read it quickly5) Make connections6) Use your syllabus or study guide7) See it (visualize the info)

ASSESS

Chapter 8:

Your Attitude Toward Testing

Makes all the difference

No test is an indication of who you are as a person or a measure of your worth as a human being

No one can be good at all things

The best thing you can do for stress reduction is to silence your negative self talk about the exam or change your self talk to a positive trone

Helpful Hints for Reducing Test Anxiety-Approach the test with an “I can” attitude

-Prepare yourself emotionally for the test, control your self talk, and be positive

-Remind yourself that you studied and that you know the material

-Overlearn the material- you can’t study too much

Go to bed earlyEat a healthy meal before the testArrive early for the testSit back, relax, breathe, and clear

your mind if you become nervousCome to the test with everything

you need: pencils, calculators, and other supplies

Read over the entire test first; the questions that are easiest for you

Check your answers but remember your first response is usually correct

Ask the professor for a study sheetKnow what grade value the test

holds

Three Types of Responses to Test Questions

Almost every test question will elicit one of three types of responses from you as the test taker:

1) Quick time response (when you read a question and know the answer immediately)

2) Lag time response (when you read a question and the answer doesn’t come immediately)

3) No response (you read a question two or three times and still have no response)

No Response

When you have “no response”:1) Leave this question until the very end of

the test2) Make an intelligent guess3) Try to eliminate all unreasonable answers

by association4) Watch for modifiers within the question

Common Question Types

MatchingTrue FalseMultiple ChoiceShort AnswerEssay What are some strategies you can use for

each type?

Academic & Personal Integrity

Integrity is purely and simply doing what you think is right

It’s about understanding who you are as a person and making decisions about what is right and wrong according to your personal code of ethics

Making ethical decisions can be as simple as listening to your conscience

Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct includes:1) Looking on another person’s test paper for

answers2) Giving another student answers on tests,

homework, or lab projects3) Using any kind of “cheat sheets” on a test or

project4) Using a computer, calculator, dictionary, or

notes when not approved5) Discussing exam questions w/ students who

are taking the same class at another time

Next Time…

You will have a quiz on Chapter 9 and we’ll be going over Chapter 9 in class

Your vocabulary words for next week include: supercilious, antipathy, and compunction