PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Reading Company, Memory, Forgetting

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1X03
• Professor: Joe Kim

Document Summary

Our goal as students is efficient long term-learning. Why many popular study methods lead to short term learning, but it is long term learning that is most critical. Why you should be mindful of distractions that interrupt your study time and take steps to supress them. Why rereading, highlighting, and copying notes verbatim are poor study methods. Why during retrieval practice, it is wise to keep material out of view until you"re done retrieving. Why during retrieval practice, it is wise to mix up topics from different segments of the course. Why challenging study strategies that initially slow down learning can actually be more. Multitasking: we task-switch rather than multitasking (not efficient) Bring food to avoid going out to get some to procrastinate. Do not take a break and study at the same time. The spacing effect: you have to do less studying if it is spaced out over multiple days rather than cramming last minute.