How do people with Phd's study?

Hey guys like i promised i will be bringing yet another guide along and here it is!


If studying is a difficult processes for you then this should help you a lot.

Please note: All the follow facts are true.

First of all whats learning ( psychology def. ) : A process that involves a enduring change in behavior ( experience ).

Alright now lets start,


Mnemonic System

Memory Improvement Devices:

First you have the information.
Second there is ALWAYS something that has nothing to do with it.
If you link the previous two together you 2x or 3x to remember the info.

Classical Conditioning

The Method of Loci - helps remember and organize information by associating chunks of it with real or visualized sequential location ( Loci ).

This will make more sense just hold on.

Bizarre Visual Representation : helps remember lists of items by associating them with something bizarre

e.g. a shopping list.

Lets say you have to go buy milk, bread, eggs, butter, and pasta.

Now just visualize a stadium ( football ) filled with milk! Then there are pieces of bread floating on the milk that are slowly being absorbed with milk into them. Now for the eggs imagine them as the audience. Now imagine the rain as the butter. As the butter comes down it hits the egg, instead of the egg yoke coming out, PASTA comes out.

Did that not make it easier to remember?

The Ebbinghuus Forgetting Studies

Ebbinghuus was a man who studied well studied studying lol.

His research concluded the following answer:
-Don't wait to study, study aprox. 6-9 hours after learning the material. After each review your remember more and you forget less.
-Great value of re-studying soon after initial learning
-Re-studying means information will cruder slower and leave more residual knowledge
-It is useful to add "cramming" to your studying techniques arsenal.
Please note do NOT cram for Math, Chem, and others similar to that nature.

Chunking Theory

The tougher it is on you the more smaller you should study.

E.g. Do not study Chapter 1, study Chaper 1 Lesson 1 Section 1

Of course the easier it is on you the broader you should be studying.

A tip of advice for learning is to NEVER EVER over learn. You should never over learn till you have learned. Do not review until you got the broad areas down.

More Tips!

-Create a question ( Will i learn this or this ).
-You should always read 20% and state/think the other 80%
-When it comes to test they tell you what your weak at not how well you did.
-Always do the hard stuff first
-Do the easy stuff second
-Do the medium stuff last
In other words bury the crap in the middle.
-Eye strain: Close your eyes or stare out into space once in a while
-Sleep Learning is BULL SHIT Do not try it.
-Building habits also helps a lot.


Hope you enjoyed my second guide let me know what you think.

 

Its a good guide. However i will need to try it out

 

Jeez you sure read fast, im glad you gave a positive comment and yes please try it out.