Long Term Memory Processing

How natural is it that we can remember things from a long time ago and sometimes forget things we experienced or learned a day before? The brain is a complex and strong organ but sometimes it can fail us. There are stages for a person to get certain information remembered it and transferred to long term memory for future use. First stage would be encoding, when information comes into your memory system. Every person has a different way of processing information. Some visualize the structure, phonemic is when they hear things as they sound, or semantic is to have a meaningful understanding, which is the best way to encode. That information would be stored and then retrieved when needed. Retrieval of information depends on how we store it. This process is transferring information to short term memory, which adults are able to process up to seven items, two more or less. In some cases it's hard for

Various steps can be taken in order to memorize and understand what is on the test so the student does not sit in class without a clue of what to do. Memorization would be the answer most people would think of at first, but there are issues with memorization many people do not think about. The student could memorize the entire subject on the test, and as explained before, could hit a wall and not know what to do on the test. Recalling information differs every time, recognition on a multiple choice test, the student might find it easier to take because multiple choice tests give different answers, in which one of them is the right one. However, in the case where it is a written test, a student has no way of getting hints unless they chunk information. They need to understand it in a meaningful way to express their knowledge without hesitation which is elaborative rehearsal. When one understands something it's hard to forget it as to just memorizing a page with no comprehension. Organizing points and small notes can help recall