Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2000):

Students' perceptions and reported use of their memories after a memory-improvement course.

Full Abstract

23 college students who had taken a memory-improvement course completed a questionnaire at three different times: the beginning of the course, the end of the course, and two months after the end of the course. The questionnaire assessed the students' perceptions of their memory abilities, e.g., how good their memories were and how confident they were in their memories and knowledge about their memories, and their reported use of the memory techniques; it did not assess actual memory performance or ability. The students' responses to the questionnaire were compared with those of 23 control students who completed the questionnaire at the same three times. The memory students reported more positive changes in how they perceived their memory abilities and knowledge, and these reported changes in perceptions were still evident two months later. The students also reported that they were still using their memory techniques two months later.

Author information

Author/s: Higbee, K L (KL); Davis, T C (TC);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA. khigbee(-atsign-)byu.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Psychological reports (Psychol Rep), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2000-Apr; vol 86 (issue 2) : pp 622-8

Dates: Created 2000/07/07; Completed 2000/07/07; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 10840921, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Achievement Adult Aptitude Female Humans

Humans Male Mental Recall Psychology - education Students - psychology

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