Improve Memory Guide - Memory Improvement Techniques

How Memory Works by Association
How does our memory work?
We remember things by association. Every piece of information in our memory is connected to other pieces in some way or another. For example, if you are given the word "apple", what do you think of? Perhaps something like this:
APPLE: red, round, sweet, teacher, tree, fruit
But it's unlikely that we might see "apple" and think of "dog" (unless you remember some funny incident in which your dog investigated an apple). And what if you were asked what the 7th letter of the alphabet was? Chances are, you wouldn't know that "G = 7," but you could easily think to yourself, "A B C D E F G," and then say "G". You used association to get to the letter G, because you knew A was the first letter, then you kept choosing the next letter in the sequence until you got to the right one.
Why do most of us have a bad memory?Most of us don't. Most of us have a really good memory, but we just don't have practice in using it efficiently.

If the above is true, then why is it so hard for me to remember things?
As stated before, our memory works by association. If there is no obvious association between things, it's very difficult to remember them. For example, suppose you needed to remember that your plane takes off at 2 P.M. There is nothing about the plane that would suggest the number 2 more than it would any other number (at least at first glance). Therefore, 2 is easily forgotten. Likewise, how does your best friend relate to his phone number, an arbitrary string of digits? Or how does a new word, like "hypothalamus," relate to what it represents?
How can we learn to remember things better?Simple. If memory works by association, we actively work to create an association between two bits of information. For example, for the plane that we need to catch at 2 P.M., we can imagine the plane in our mind, and notice that it has 2 wings. Two wings, 2 P.M. There's an association. We are now ten times more likely to remember the take-off time long after it has faded from our short-term memory.
Sometimes an association comes very easily. For example, suppose you are introduced to a Mr. Hill who lives on a hill at the end of town. Mr. Hill on a hill. Pretty easy, huh? Or what if you're trying to remember the classroom number for a Chemistry class, and it just so turns out that it's the same as your dorm room number. Another natural association! Do you think you'll have a problem remembering it?

When pieces of information are not obviously related in any way, however, we have to be a bit more creative in linking things together. But it isn't as hard as it seems. Most of us learned rhymes and acronyms in school that helped us remember things. Do any of the following look familiar to you?

i before e except after c, or when sounded like a as in neighbor and weigh (rule for remembering ei or ie)
ROY G. BIV (colors of the rainbow)
All cows eat grass; Every good boy does fine (notes of musical scale) Never eat sour watermelons (directions on a compass) Why do they work? Because they form an easy-to-remember and clever association between themselves and the information that is to be remembered.

The idea is to be creative and clever. You don't have to invent a rhyme or a poem every time you want to remember something, though -- just think of a picture in your mind that links pieces of information together, preferably something unusual or silly so it is more memorable. For example, suppose you want to remember that the football field is on Maple Street. You might imagine in your mind a burly football player eating a football for breakfast... he pours some maple syrup on the football, cuts off a chunk and eats it!

To demonstrate how effectively this works, look at the following list of words, and try to come up with an association between the left word and the right word of each row. Some will be easy; others may be harder. As an example, for the first pair, you might want to imagine a mouse that has a long, wavy tail that is in the shape of the letter S.

mouse S
fur R
train bridge
moat boat
popcorn chair
elephant pancake
toothbrush canal
umbrella triangle
After you have formed the associations (if you had trouble on one or two of them, that's okay; just skip them for now), cover up the right side of the list and then try to name the word associated with each word on the left. If you formed vivid, clear associations, you may be surprised at how quickly and easily you were able to remember everything!

Pengalaman baru bermula...

i went to my new class for my new course code...quite interesting..they r so cute...can i say that..hahaha...ade yg maintain/control je..nk gelak pun tahan2...emm..ade class yg ceria dr awal hingga akhir..tapi bila masuk bab...mula r mata nk tutup..n ade yg matured n can justify n also quick learner...well...i learn a new thing everyday n i love to be in their class...
tp yg pasti i always think think n think how to make they like the subject...my teaching n also to make sure them pass with flying colours..
soo..mayb everyday when i wake up from sleep..i should say that i am the creative lecturer...so that my right brain will always active n my student love to be in my class...
so guys..hahaha..if u read this..u know that i'm talking about u all here...try to be active..and give back some response to me..i love to be with u guys!!!

Rahman Self Theraphy

Hmm...dah 21 hari i've been here..bz sgt nak kena study kursus baru sampai tak de mase untuk update blog ni..dahla kat sini jadi mobile lecturer( xde kerusi, meja dan bilik..iskh222)..tapi takpelah...bukankah tu satu cabaran lagi utk aku...bukan mudah utk jadi mobile lecturer..it needs a lot of improvement..aku kena pantas, kena atur segala2nye sebaik mungkin..kena pastikan semua perkara yg aku nak buat kena CATAT..(perkara bernilai 25 juta) dalam salah sebuah buku motivasi yg aku baca...CATATKAN APA YANG ANDA INGIN LAKUKAN ESOK HARI..insyaAllah hidup anda akan lbh teratur walaupun sebagai mobile lecturer
ok...what is rahman Self Theraphy(RST)....actually this is taken from team building course yg aku g mase 15 - 17 jun lalu...ikut kata ENGKU MOHD AZRI (PENGARAH URUSAN ONE STEP)..yang handle program tu..ini adalah satu penghargaan buat ayahanda beliau yg tlh kembali ke rahmatullah..satu konsep terapi yg diasaskan oleh beliau sendiri..so, aku ni cuma nk bagitau je, sebab kata beliau..sebar2kan moga rahmat serta pahala buat beliau dan ayahanda serta keluarga beliau berterusan insyaAllah...nk tumpang sekaki la ni
yg aku fahamla...sbb kami g utk kursus team building, RST ni cam muhasabah diri la..nanti aku bg kata2 hikmah RST utk renungan semua.
oklah ..nak sambung buat kije lak..