We, as students, are often inundated with various coursework where we are expected to study from and be prepared to perform well on any given quizzes or exams. Over the course of a student’s life, he or she eventually develops a personal study method that works best. Some people are better at establishing effective study methods, while some do not. Not one person studies exactly the same way. In terms of psychology, there are various concepts of learning and memory that are involved in the way a person studies. I, for one, am a huge believer in simply reading over the given study materials, and I end up getting satisfactory grades. Over the years, I have found methods of studying that work for me, and methods that do not work. These methods are explained and provided with proper examples from the textbook provided in class.
Psychologists define learning as “a relatively permanent change in behavior, knowledge, capability, or attitude that is acquired through experience and cannot be attributed to illness, injury, or maturation” (E. Wood, G. Wood & Boyd, 2014, p. 145). Learning is essential in remembering and understanding key information whenever one is studying. While we are learning the information we read, watch, or hear, the information being studied are usually involved with memory, which is “a cognitive process that includes encoding, storage, and retrieval of information” (E. Wood et al., 2014, p. 179).
As mentioned earlier, I am a firm believer in studying the given materials by reading over them. However, there definitely is more to that than simply reading the materials. There are many study methods that I use to enhance my studying, and I believe these methods do help a lot. One really important method that I foll...
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... a good grade is a great feat, and the feeling one gets from doing so is unlike any.
Students are often overwhelmed with various materials to study. Over the course of their education, students should have developed adequate study methods to assist themselves in getting good grades. Studying effectively involves various complex psychological terms and concepts and is most likely still being studied to this day. I, too, have devised my own study methods that help me do the best I possibly can in any exam. In the end, studying effectively boils down to the way you study and how much you study. If you are prepared to take on any task, you will clearly be the outright winner of the class, and it will only benefit you in the long run.
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Tests play a major role in a student’s academic career: they determine where the student goes to college, which AP classes the student will be able to take, and so on. Considering this information, it is vital to discover effective study methods that will enable students to retain the material longer and clearer. The article “Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits” by Benedict Carey presents the notion that efficacious studying must include diversity. Based upon years of scientific experiments, psychologists have been able to conclude that studying various material in various places and at spaced out intervals are better study habits than studying one subject in one sitting for a long period of consecutive time. The article is also centered
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How do you prepare for an exam? Since reviewing information from your text on memory - do you feel you need to change your adjust or change your study habits? Which way does research support?
Boyd, D., Wood, E.G., Wood, S.E. (2014, 2011, 2008). Mastering the world of psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. 128-129, 329-330, 335-340. Print.
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