Study Skills

When is it the best time to study?

• Right before bed

• In the morning once you get up

Answer explanation

When you sleep, your memories are processed by your hippocampus, allowing you brain the next time you wake up to be freshly preserved.

Which of the following is NOT an effective way to study?

• Testing yourself

• Asking deeper questions

• Craming

• Studying in the same area

Answer explanation

It's better to space out your study sessions, as cramming all the information in won't allow your brain to process and retain everything you went over.

What is the "Testing Effect?"

• Forgetting everything just as you begin to take a test

• Repeatedly self-testing

• Distributing studies to various days to prepare oneself for a test

Answer explanation

Henry Roediger and Jeffery Karpicke discovered that self-testing repeatedly allows yourself to maintain information over a period of time.

What should you NOT do if you're having trouble remembering vocabulary?

• Use Mnemonics

• Study right before the test

• Use the Self-Reference Effect

• Study right before bed

Answer explanation

Don't wait till the last minute to study, it's not effective. Believe us, we've all done it before.

Which of the following is an example of a mnemonic?

• Acronym: "F.A.N.B.O.Y.S."

• Idiom: "It's raining cats and dogs"

• Equation: "1 + 2 + 3"

• Symbolism: "An apple that represents vanity"

• Rhyme: "I before E, except after C"

Answer explanation

Using mnemonics have shown to increase a person's ability to memorize information in an entertaining way.

Before studying, what should you do with your phone?

• Leave it on your desk/table of your study area

• Turn it off and put it in your pocket

• Leave it in a different room

• Keep it in your hand

Answer explanation

Distractions such as phone will disrupt your process of studying and will tempt you to want to use it, so having it completely away from you will increase your chance of retaining information with no distractions.

How does "Context Dependent Memory" affect you when studying?

• Allows you to recall previous information you learned

• Allows you to memorize information in chunks

• Allows you to relate information to yourself

• Allows you to avoid all distractions

Answer explanation

Psychologists Godden and Baddeley's study of where a person learned their information allows them to recall that info once more, and to test better because of where they learned it.

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Which of the following is the most effective way to study?

• In a space where people are talking

• Listening to music/podcast while reading over your notes

• Testing yourself on the material

• Multitask by working on other assignments while studying

Answer explanation

When testing yourself on the material you are given, you can learn what areas you're strong in and what areas you need more help in. You will also increase your ability to retain information you're studying.

Which part of the brain allows you to retrieve the memories of everything you've studied?

• Hemisphere

• Frontal Lobe

• Brainstem

• Hippocampus

Answer explanation

The hippocampus is essential to retrieving long-term memories. You know, memories such as the information you'll have studied for your test, right?

What is trying to do multiple things at once called?

(HINT: You should avoid this while studying!)