Question

David is a sophomore in high school and is studying for his United States history exam, in which he must recall all of the battles in the American Revolutionary War. At first, he begins by just trying to group all of the facts associated with each battle into his memory. When he realizes he is forgetting some battles, he begins repeatedly associating the events that occurred in each battle with the place where the battle occurred. He finds he remembers the battles more readily this way, but he is still having a hard time remembering all the facts associated with each battle. Because he continues to think this is the best way to approach learning, he continues to study in this manner. After several bad grades, he realizes that his studying technique is not working, so he asks a friend who is doing better at remembering everything how she is studying. She said she is making up stories about each battle and how each battle is connected with other battles. David tries this method and finds it was much more effective for him.
Explain how each of the following concepts relates to this scenario.

Metacognition
Method of loci
Deep processing
Rehearsal
Elaboration
Chunking
Mental set

Answer 1

Answer:

Metacognition

Method of loci

Deep processing

Rehearsal

Elaboration

Chunking

Mental set

Explanation:

1.) Metacognition refers to one's awareness of and ability to regulate one's own thinking. David had this awareness that he has difficulty remembering what he had studied. He was reminding himself that he should try to remember all battles he had studied.

2.) The method of loci David employed, is a strategy of memory enhancement in which at first, he began by just trying to group all of the facts associated with each battle into his memory in order to enhance the recall of information. On David memory journey, or palace, he tried three different mind palace technique.

3.) David Deep processing enabled him to start repeatedly associating the events that occurred in each battle with the place where the battle occurred which created a much stronger memory trace.

4.) David personally drill himself by rehearsing what he had read in preparation for the examination

5.) David initial method of loci was unable to elaborate the details of wars. And lack the process of developing or presenting a system for further detail.

6.) Chunking refers to an approach David took for making more efficient use of short-term memory by asking his friend for better method of loci. David new Chunking was to making up stories about each battle and how each battle is connected with other battles into units or chunks. The resulting chunks are easier to commit to memory than rehearsing a longer one.

7.) David will surely create a new Mental set toward his studies. When he tried his friend method and found it to be much more effective.

He will have a tendency to approach any other subjects the same way because that way worked in the past