How to make your memory strong by using this simple tips

Strong Memory

                Memory is the ability to remember information, experiences and people. It is the ability to recall the information: which has been previously learnt through experience. in context of memory structure, it is the location where learned information is stored. There are some specific skills that can be developed to enhance memory. In this chapter focus is on explaining types of memory and processing information. It also includes some tips to enhance memory.

Strong memory

Learning and memory:

          “Learning is defined as a relatively permanent change in mental association! behavior due to experience.” Learning begins with the experiences of the senses; namely seeing, touching, smelling, hearing & tasting. A basic model of |earner consists of components.

Stimulus

        Anything which activates learner’s senses is stimulus. it maybe external or internei. External stimulus may include ‘people, objects, events, symbols etc.

Sensory Register

        All the information received by various sensory organs is first stored in sensory register: only fer brief duration. if it is not attended by the learner, it is lost. Therefore it is necessary that learner attends to the information for further processing. 

        Attention is a conscious process. To attract students attention, we can modify size, intensity .etc. depending-upon importance of keywords. Also factors like Novelty, incongruity, emotion, and personal significance affect learner’s attention.

       As attention has limited capacity, it can't be focused on the entire. stimulus at e time. Learner attends to one feature which becomes ‘figure’ & rest goes to background celled ‘ground'. This phenomenon is known as ‘figure ground rule'.

Cognition

       This deals with mental activities of learner triggered due to stimulus. It involves study of memory, its components, structure of knowledge in memory, and various processes in memory. 

Emotional centre

        It deals with effect of emotions on learners. Stimulus elicits either pleasant or unpleasant . feelings. This decides whether learner will approach to stimulus situation or avoid it. 

Response

        It is reaction by learners to stimulus. This response may be mental response like reflection; motor response like physical movement or verbal response like communication. Response always aims at changing the stimulus situation. 

Feedback

       Information of changed stimulus situation provided after response by learners. Feedback helps learners to compare changed stimulus to expected change in stimulus.