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Name: David Jung
Mnemonic devices are learning techniques that helps with any type of memory retention. Through using mnemonic devices, people learn to remember information through different ways such as acronyms, rhymes, and imagery.Through these things people can recall information that has been chunked into the mnemonic device. The most ancient way to use a mnemonic device is called the Method of Loci. It uses visualization (of usually things of interest) to recall information.

Mnemonic devices may be used in songs, such as the alphabet song, or the Books of the Bible song. Through a melody that is easily remembered, the letters of the alphabet may be remembered as lyrics and referred back to when necessary. Dalat also uses mnemonic devices a lot for it's ESLRs, which are 5 things the school focuses on each year. Classrooms use acronyms like SQ3R for a way to study, as well as acronyms like SWBAT for SAT class. In math, the most famous is GEMS or PEMDAS which help with the order of question solving. However, these are only a small portion of the ways mnemonic devices are used. Others include the order of taxonomy, the order of treble clef notes, and so on.

Some mnemonic devices that use the Method of Loci usually help remember spatial relationships, such as the location of certain places in a wider area. For example, one might look for directions to the bakery by reminding oneself: "The bakery (not well-known) is just beside Central Station (very well-known). Through this, he or she can locate the bakery by pinpointing a well-known location near it. Another would be giving directions by locating specific areas (like: "turn to the left road right after the bakery and head straight until you see a house with a red roof and yellow fence.) This visualizes the area and tells the person what he or she is looking for.

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"King Phillip Came Over For Go Mug on CafePress.com." //CafePress.com //. Web. 16 Jan. 2015.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Dennis Choi <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">2015-01-23

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Hey, David, great job defining and elaborating what mnemonic device is. But the problem is your image is not showing. I do not know why, but it's a square with which color. But other than that, you have carefully and finely explained what mnemonic device is. When I memorize vocabularies for SAT, I often use mnemonic device to memorize the vocabularies at a short time. This also makes the memory last longer. I bet everyone uses this mnemonic device without even knowing what they are using. hahaha, anyway, nice job~

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Citation <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Memory and Mnemonic Devices." //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Psych Central.com //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2015. <http://psychcentral.com/lib/memory-and-mnemonic-devices/0004376>.