Geoffrey A. Dudley - Double Your Learning Power

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SUMMARY OF PRACTICAL HINTS

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57. Repression is a cause of nervous symptoms. 58. Suppression means pushing something to the back of your mind. 59. Academic psychologists used to sneer at mnemonic devices. 60. Artificial associations are the only way of connecting disconnected facts. 61. Simple m n e m o n i c s are one m e t h o d of programming the human computer. 62. There is only one type of simple mnemonic device. 63. Place memory is probably the oldest memory system known to man. 64. Place memory does not require you to be familiar with the places you use. 65. Words and letters can be employed instead of images of places. 66. In the letter-place method each letter is linked to one point in the material. 67. An examiner never gives away any information in setting a question. 68. A basic essential to passing an exam is a keen interest in the subject. 69. Jedediah Buxton was an inveterate note-taker. 70. Reading and rereading your material is the best way of learning it. 71. Revision is best deferred until the end of your course. 72. Revision can take the form of applying the material to practical situations. 73. A J M B report said: 'Candidates were intent on answering the question rather than regurgitating information'. 74. You can get the examiner on your side by making your answer easy to read. 75. 'Answer either . . . or . . .' implies that you will score extra marks by answering both questions.

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