Week 6 - Task 1 : Funny Australian guy explaining long term memory and 4 way to help long term retrieval.

A) Funny Australian guy explianing long term memory.



* Summary

Long term memory is a giant store like a file in computers.

There is two types memory.

1. Procedural memory is a doing something such as baking a cake.

2. Declarative memory is episodic memory from a album to memory.

- Episodic memory : recall pesonal experiences from past.

- Semantic memory : sotores factsand organized information. It contains rules.



B) 4 Ways to help long term retrieval.




* Summary

1. Repeat, recite, review : First, the teacher and students say together. Then, they say by their selves. They can remember that by the repeat.

2. Distribution practice: The part is that divide whole part, so we will know that in order.

3. Serial - positions effect : The part helps to remember continually.

4. Similarities & Differences : It's better to remember somethings when we copare and contrast than before.



* Opinions

These video are helpful to remember because It can be applied from my situations. I also use the ways to remember taking lessons. I think, it should be training several times, it does not learn just one time. Then, I agree that the episodic memory is useful than others. Pesonal experiences are usually linger long in our life. If I was fece new things, it's hard to remember that. However, If I recall and relate old things with new things, it will be combined each other, so we could remember easily. My own notetaking practice is not special which is simillar with 4 ways to help long term retrieval. I like to sit front of a plafform because I could contrate much. Also I like to ask something what I didn't understand after class. After that, I take a memo, and I try to fine the fact in my home. This way is help to remember for a long time, so I can recall the memory when I take a test about that.


* Vocaburary

- Procedural (adjective) : involving a formal procedure.

- Recite (Verb) : perform, deliver, repeat, delaim.

- Distribution (Noun) : delivery, mailing, transportation, handling.