Educational Psychology / Unit 5 EDP 0415 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Deeper Encoding
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The idea
Information encoded for its meaning is remembered better than information encoded by its sound or look, and linking it to oneself helps most, the self-reference effect.
In practice
Asking "does this describe me?" beats counting the letters in a word.
Where people slip
Visual imagery and acoustic devices such as songs and rhymes also aid encoding.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
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