PSYC 4030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Metacognition
1 May 2018
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Lecture 7
4) Practice Makes Permanent
• Sometimes people don’t “know” something because
they have forgotten it, NOT because they never
learned it. o Having to repeatedly re-learn material is
highly inefficient • Studying hard doesn’t protect
against forgetting, but practice does
• Distribution of practice is more important than amount
of practice.
o Memory is more enduring when practice is spaced out
5) “Re-membering > Re-studying”
• Recalling information and receiving
feedback is much more effective for
retention than simply re-studying the
information. o This is called the “Testing-
Effect”
• Frequent informal quizzing can be a helpful
tool for reminding oneself of information in a
way that will promote long-lasting memory.
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