After You Read a Section in Your Textbook, You Summarize

question 510

Multiple Choice

After you read a section in your textbook, you summarize this material and then you summarize your summary to make the overall network of ideas clearer and simpler. You are using the memory strategy known as

• A)overlearning.
• B)organization.
• C)maintenance rehearsal.
• D)massed practice.

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Definitions:

Short-Term Storage

A memory storage system that briefly holds a limited amount of information in awareness.

Recency Effects

A cognitive phenomenon wherein the most recently presented items or experiences are more likely to be remembered than those presented earlier.

Primacy

The state of being first or foremost in importance or order, often affecting memory and perception.

Anterograde Amnesia

A condition where an individual cannot form new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, although memories from before the event remain intact.