Mnemonic Devices to Increase Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval (VCE SSCE Psychology): Flashcards

Technique to improve or enhance memory

Encoding stage

72 items (out of 100)

Linking info to familiar locations as retrieval cues

Word from first letters of phrase, pronounced as single word

Sentence where first letter of each word cues info recall

Info/stories shared through word of mouth, not written text

Sung narratives of landscape tracing ancestral journeys

Timeless concept: stories of creation by spirit ancestors

Songlines: almost 3x more likely to recall full list