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Memory is the prerequisite for language learning, much like Psychology 101 is to an upper level psychology course. In college, your ability to retain knowledge reflects your comprehension of class material. School increases most students' memory through constant testing. The time has come for you to master your memory and exercise your mind.
Think of your memory as a cumulative catalog. It is your personalized reference book; therefore, before you can find what you are looking for, you must first know how to use your reference book. The key to memory is retrieval. Your ability to retrieve information that you pack away in your brain and consciousness is not always easy to find. In order to access your memory catalog, you must develop strategies and techniques that will enable you to retain and retrieve knowledge.
The exercises in this chapter are designed to test your memory and practice some memorization techniques.
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Three Stages of Memory
The flowchart for this theory of memory indicates that all incoming information first passes through Sensory Memory (SM) before it enters ShortTerm Memory (STM). There it can be maintained by rehearsal and either successfully encoded for storage in LongTerm Memory (LTM) or forgotten. In retrieval, the information passes from LTM back to STM, where it enters our consciousness. A summary of the characteristics of each stage of memory is located here.
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