-AT LEARNING:
 

1. ORGANIZE THE MATERIAL TO-BE-REMEMBERED (TBR) INTO CHUNKS, PLACE INTO SEQUENCE
2. THINK OF A SALIENT CHARACTERISTIC OF EACH CHUNK., FORM IMAGE
3. THINK OF A WELL-KNOWN PLACE (PERMANENT MEMORY)
4. PLACE THE IMAGE OF EACH CHUNK IN SEQUENCE IN ONE'S MEMORY OF THE WELL-KNOWN PLACE (EG. IN THE FIRST ROOM, DROP THE IMAGE OF THE SALIENT CHARACTERISTIC OF CHUNK #1; IN THE SECOND ROOM, THE IMAGE FOR CHUNK #2 ETC)

-AT RECALL:
 

1. CALL UP THE WELL-KNOWN PLACE FROM MEMORY
2. MENTALLY WALK THROUGH THE PLACE, PICKING UP THE IMAGES, AND THE ASSOCIATED INFORMATION

-first letter (E.G., Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)

-ONE IS A BUN TECHNIQUE

EBBINGHAUS (1885)

-DESCRIBE MEMORY TRACES AS THEY ARE BEING LAID DOWN, WITHOUT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AS A FACTOR

-use of nonsense syllables

TASK: LEARN SOME MATERIAL (EG. A LIST OF 16 NONSENSE SYLLABLES) TO SOME CRITERION (EG. ONE PERFECT RECITATION IN SERIAL ORDER); GET A MEASURE OF LEARNING EFFICIENCY (SUCH AS TOTAL TIME TO REACH CRITERION, OR THE NUMBER OF TIMES ONE HAD TO GO THROUGH LIST-TRIALS-TO REACH CRITERION)

have a delay period

RE-LEARN THE SAME LIST TO CRITERION

LOGIC; IF IT TAKES AS LONG TO RE-LEARN THE LIST AS TO LEARN IT ORIGINALLY, THEN THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MEMORY FOR THAT LIST. HOWEVER IF IT TAKES LESS TIME THEN ONE HAS EVIDENCE OF SAVINGS, IE OF INFLUENCE OF MEMORY

SAVINGS SCORE:
 

% savings =

TIME TO LEARN LIST-TIME TO RELEARN IT TIME TO LEARN LIST

X 100