Unit 3.2.7 Mnemonics

Question 1

Menemonic

Answer 1

• Any technique
• Used to assist the encoding, storage + retrieval of info
• To enhance memory

Question 2

Mnemonics in written cultures:

Answer 2

• Acronym
• Acrostic
• Method of loci

Question 3

Acronym

Answer 3

• The abbreviation
• Formed from the first letter of each word
• To create a pronounceable word

Question 4

Acrostic

Answer 4

• Phrase/poem
• The first letter of each word functions as a cue
• To help with recall

Question 5

Method of loci

Answer 5

• A device
• Commits a familiar location/sequence of locations to memory
• Then visually links them w/ info that needs to be recalled

Question 6

Steps in the method of loci

Answer 6

1. Choose the memory place
2. Create a path
3. Encode the list
4. Recall the list

Question 7

Oral culture

Answer 7

• Culture
• Info + stories are communicated by word of mouth

Question 8

Mnemonics in oral culture

Answer 8

• Sung narratives
• Songlines

Question 9

Sung narrative

Answer 9

• A story
• Told through singing, music +sometimes dance

Question 10

Songline

Answer 10

• One of many sung narratives
• Of the landscape that weave across Country
• And enable every significant place in Aboriginal dreaming to be known