Gooder Prepping for the Memory Olympics Greetings Memletes On Monday you will be competing in the first annual Oxnard High School Memory Olympics While it might take an athlete years of intense training to train for the modern Olympics you will have today and the weekend if you re ID: 286073
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How to Remember Gooder!!!
Prepping for the Memory Olympics:Slide2
Greetings Memletes:
On Monday, you will be competing in the first annual Oxnard High School Memory OlympicsWhile it might take an athlete years of intense training to train for the modern Olympics, you will have today (and the weekend if you really want to achieve glory)
Today we will be going over some of the techniques that you will need to master (or at least try) before you can win the gold medal. Note: Candy may substituted in the event that Mr. Creech cannot afford real gold, silver, or bronzeSlide3
The Disciplines:
There are 5 basic disciplines that we will compete in on Monday 1. Face and Name Recognition
2. What is different? 3. Numbers are Funbers
4. Free Association 5. The TrimemlonSlide4
The Memlete’s Bag of Tricks:
The Memlete needs special skills to be successful
The following slides will help you in your arduous preparation to be World (if Oxnard was the world) Champion.Remember that memory can be memorable if we remember how to remember!!!Slide5
Skill 1: The Link Method
As the name suggests, this memorization technique involves creating associations between items in a list and assigning images to each connection to help you memorize better. For instance, your accounting exam is tomorrow and you need to memorize which items fall under the Current Asset section of a balance sheet (Cash, Inventories, Accounts receivable, Prepaid expenses).
Examples:I currently don’t have any cash to buy any inventoryTo buy the inventory, I shall collect my “accounts receivable” that my friends owe meIf I collect the accounts receivable, it should be enough because I already have prepaid expenses from last year to count towards the purchaseSlide6
Skill 2: The Story Method
This approach is really similar to the Link Method. While you create a bunch of different images between each two items using the Link Method, you combine everything into one big picture with the Story Method. This technique helps you memorize the sequence of the images and hence the order of the items. Using the accounting example, it would look like this:
Example:I currently don’t have any cash to buy any inventory. Maybe I should collect my “accounts receivable” that my friends owe me. After I get my money back, it should be enough because I already have prepaid expenses from last year to count towards the purchase.Slide7
Skill 3: The Loci Method
You can use this memorization method by associating terms or list items with familiar locations. Let’s say, for your Greek myth exam, you have to memorize a list of symbols of each of the Olympian deities. Take Aphrodite’s symbols/characteristics for example: Eros/winged cupid, myrrh tree, apple tree, and goose.
First, pick a place that you’re very familiar with, say your house. Imagine that you walk into your front yard, and find a winged cupid sitting perched on top of a ginormous myrrh tree. As you enter the house and into the kitchen, you see a five-feet-tall goose devouring your dinner leftovers from the fridge. Aghast, you run out of the kitchen into the living room, only to find that an apple tree is planted in the middle of it, and apples strewn all over your couch…Slide8
Skill 3: The Loci Method Continued:
Get the idea right? Make these images as absurd, comical, sensory (e.g. can incorporate sounds, smells, tastes), and vivid as possible for best results. This is a centuries-old method started by ancient Romans and is still used today by many World Memory Champions.Example:Slide9
Skill 4: The Mind Map Method
For memorizing any structured concepts or information, mind maps work well by laying out the structure and making the flow of information more clear. If you are struggling to memorizing the whole decision making process in the correct order for the short answer section on your upcoming psychology exam, or anything similar, you should try out this method!Slide10
Skill 5: The Free Association Method
In this technique, we associate words, names, faces, and numbers with other things that we can remember that may not necessarily be connectedExample:I have a list of numbers that I need to remember. They are:
2, 5, 9, 15, 89If I associate these words with concepts, I can remember them better-2 front teeth
-high five-The 9 (from Lord of the Rings)-Quincanera at 15
-89 year old skydiverSlide11
Skill 6: The Rhyme Time Method
If we are trying to remember a person’s name or something important, we can create a rhyme to remember their name better. The rhyme does not need to make senseExample:Slim Jim
Thick RickMatt the RatJenny the BlennySuzy the floozySlide12
Skill 7: The Detailed Square Method
When trying to remember the details of an image, it helps to break the image down into parts. Next, pay close attention to the details of that part of the image.Example: