Improving memory

Question 1

ways someone can improve their memory.

Answer 1

• Chunking
• Repetition
• Mental rehersal
• Association with meaning
• Rewards

Question 2

Rewards

Answer 2

extrinsic and intrinsic rewards help motivate the performer to want to remember the correct actions.

Question 3

Association

Answer 3

helps by linking new information to something they already know. This makes it easier to remember and recall during performance.

Question 4

Use of mental practice

Answer 4

When the parts or sub routines of a skill are imagined over and over again in the mind without physical movement this can help store information in the memory.

Question 5

Breaking the task down into parts . ( chunking )

Answer 5

When the skill is complicated it can help prevent information overload.

Question 6

Repetition of an action

Answer 6

Repeated practice to the stimulus will help ensure that skills are coded and stored as motor programmes in the LTM.

Question 7

What is chaining ?

Answer 7

Chaining is a memory technique where a performer links pieces of information together in a sequence. Each part triggers the next, helping them remember the whole routine or skill step by step.

Question 8

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Answer 8

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Question 9

Focus

Answer 9

this also helps with selective attention, which ensures correct information will go from the short term memory to the long term memory.