MNEMONICS- WRITTEN AND ORAL CULTURES Flashcards
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define Mnemonics
devices or techniques used to aid the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information
- Strategies that can help convert difficult to remember information into something more meaningful
what is the purpose of Mnemonics
Organising and link new information together and this
Of Organise information into a more meaningful and cohesive whole, these connections
create strong retrieval pathways improving the likelihood the information is retrieved
Mnemonics - written traditions
practices in which knowledge, stories and customs are preserved and shared primarily through reading and writing
eg. historical records, religious texts, scientific reports, literature
- Serve as a bridge between past and present, allowing society to retain their heritage
- Vital parts of human civilisation to preserve cultural identity (cultural continuity)
- Acronyms-
Acronym are mnemonic devices in which the first letters of items form a pronounceable word to aid memory.
- aid encoding, Link information to sounds or words we already know
- The first letters of each word act as the retrieval cue
- Can be a non-real word
eg. ‘SAME’ – An acronym used in Psychology the types of neurons and the additional term used to describe them: Sensory, Afferent, Motor, Efferent
- Acrostics
a mnemonic device in which the first letters of items create a phrase, rhyme or poem to aid memory
- More effective when things need to be remembered in a certain order
- Link new information to familiar phrases or sentences we already know
- First letters of each word acts as a retrieval cue
Example:
‘Never Eat Soggy Weetbix’
- Method of loci
- device that converts items into mental images and associates them with specific locations to aid memory, involving visualising items in specific well-known locations
- Therefore, the individual must perform mental imagery (people with advantasia can not)
- Assists in the encoding and storage of memories by visually linking new information to
familiar places or routes - During retrieval, mentally walking through the familiar location acts a as retrieval
Oral traditions
practices in which knowledge, stories, and customs are preserved and shared through spoken word and movement (no written aspects)
- Effective way to preserve and celebrate any community’s knowledge systems, stories and custom
- Sung narratives
stories that share important cultural, ecological and survival information through the use of singing, harmony and rhythm
what do sung narratives look like
Used in a variety of cultures and are used to pass on information
- Displayed through vocal songs and rhythm
- Narration and rhythm in sung narratives can enhance the encoding, transferring and
retrieval of cultural and survival information
- Engages and activates multiple parts of the brain
1.1. Songlines
a type of sung narrative that is a multimodal performance (sung and individuals walk through the landscape)
conducted as a family or community travels through country and spaces in the landscape
- A connection between songs and performances
- Celebrate their interconnectedness with country
- Expressions of ecological and spiritual knowledge
- Rhythm and narrative can enhance the encoding of information (elaborative rehearsal)
- rhythmic structure of song and narrative create powerful cues for retrieval
how do songlines aid memory and what are different types of retrieval cues
Navigation of journey - provides spatial scaffold.
Narrative structure - series of events (linked to places) - provides a story scaffold.
Vivid narrative imagery and emotional (amygdala) story content strengthen memorability.
Musical rhythm and melody increase accuracy of memory.
Encoding with dance provides an embodied procedural (cerebellum/basicangila) scaffold.
Associated with visual symbols and imagery in drawing or painting (on bodies, canvas, rock walls, in sand)
