“It was odd, she thought, how if one was alone, one leant to things, inanimate things; trees, streams, flowers; felt they expressed one; felt an irrational tenderness thus as for oneself. There rose, and she looked and looked, there curled up off the floor of the mind, rose from the lake of one’s being, a mist, a bride to meet her lover.”
Interweave your
subjects. It’s tempting to think that the best way to learn something well
is to sit down and concentrate on that topic for as long as you can, but
research shows that mixing topics is a better bet. The interleaving forces
students to notice and process the similarities and differences among the thing
they’re learning, giving them a deeper understanding.
Test yourself.
Testing can be a useful tool to help you learn. Decades of research shows that
making yourself recall information helps strengthen your long term memory.
Space your study
sessions. Lots of research shows that spacing out your study sessions over
a longer period of time improves long term memory. As the APA website says, “In other words, if you have 12 hours to spend on
a subject, it’s better to study it for three hours each week for four weeks
than to cram all 12 hours into week four.”
Remember the hindsight bias. Seeing the answer to a question makes you think
you knew it all along. The solution is to cover the textbook and test yourself,
rather than simply reading everything. This avoids the issue of reading,
thinking its common sense and not studying as much as you should.
Remember the over confidence effect. Give yourself the opportunity to over learn.
Spend time reviewing material, even if you think you already know it. With each
time that you review, try to make new connections to previous things you have
learned; don’t just memorise passively.
Apply concepts to your life. If you can apply the concepts you are learning
to your life, you are much more likely to remember them. Try to think of examples
that illustrate theories of ideas, especially a theory that you’re struggling
with. For example, when learning about the bystander effect, think of a
situation you were in when a large group of people stood by and did not help
someone in need.
Study for recall not recognition. When you take an exam, you are recalling
information, but when you are taking a multiple choice test, you are
recognising information. Most people study differently for these different
exams, focusing on recognition for multiple choice tests. But, if the answers
are all made to look familiar, then recognising the information won’t work.
Study for recall! You should be able to know the answer without a prompt.
Use flashcards. Subjects like Psychology include a lot of
terms/dates/key words that seem impossible to memorise. Even the names of some
disorders can cause a serious loss of memory! Flashcards are a great
help for storing key terms and definitions which will help you improve your memory.
Study in a group. This will allow you to begin discussions with peers and
teachers and share study resources which help to maintain a high level
of motivation. In addition, study groups will prevent you from wasting time.
Connect and develop ideas. In some cases, it’s not necessary to memorise
a large catalogue of notes on a topic. Instead, it’s best to establish a connection
between the facts. The events should follow a logical order to
help you understand and memorise them, so the use of mind maps can be quite
helpful.
tbh when Jameela Jamil was calling these celebrities the fuck out and she said “How much money do you need? Really how much money do you need? How much money do any of these huge influencers who are worth millions or billions sometimes… How much more?” i felt that in my bones
