Show CEHE WHY o of SUPERSTITIONS B By II 11 H. KINQ WHY WE REMEMBER WK WI m m IllEn because we are able oble to learn what we experience to retain what we learn to recall what we retain and ond to recognize what we recall Memory Is made up of these four processes len learning retention recall recall re call and recognition A person sometimes complains that he has a poor memory that he be cant can't remember anything or that he has hns hasa a fairly good memory for faces but cant can't remember names If you cant can't remember names It Is probably be bo- cause you ou failed to learn them theta in the first place You cant can't expect expert to remember remember re- re member what you never knew v If you jou ou pay special attention to learning learning learn learn- ing properly the other uther three factors of memory will take care of ot them them- sel selves ves There Is not much you can ran do doto doto to Improve your retention recall and recognition The fhe secret of proper learning Is making strong associations with other things that are already In III Inthe Inthe the mind To give ghe only n a single example ex n. ample If It you want to remember R a certain telephone number which Is is rny fay you might break brenk It up Into two parts 73 II 03 and connect In some convenient way such as RS In dollars and cents You taught might think of or this number number num num- ber as being worth All recall Is through association We naturally opposites opposite similarities similarities sim sim- and things that enter th the mind at the same some time line or immediately follow each other When hen I say dA day you ou think of night h because e the they nr are opposites When hen I say A you think of II U because you ou learned them In III suC succession There Ther are lire many ninny tricks to aid mem ory ors All Alt of them consist In lit method of Improving the process of learning We can cun think them up ul for tor ourselves It If we master muster the principle of association It Is the secret of or good learning and hen hence of ot Improving our memories r b by McClure Newspaper Syndicate O |