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Basic survival skills
How to prioritize needs in survival situations
How to adapt to extreme situations
Learning and intuition
You can’t rely on intuition about how well your studying practices are working for you.
Intuitive judgments of learning are often inaccurate and tend to produce an inflated perception of progress.
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Alternate between studying similar topics
Alternating between different topics (referred to as ‘interleaving’) can be more effective, especially for topics that are similar in nature and might otherwise be easily conflated.
Research indicates that interleaving seems to bias your attention towar...
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Space out your study sessions
It’s better to distribute the time you have available to study over a greater number of shorter sessions than it is to cram your studying into a single marathon session.
If you have 12 hours to dedicate to a topic, it’s better to study over six two-hour-long sessions th...
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Focus on constructing your own understanding of a topic
Question what you read as you’re reading it. By responding to your own questions, you are forcing yourself to think about how to explain the subject matter in your own words and with reference to your previous knowledge and experience.
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Make retrieval practice an integral part of your studying
Testing is not just a way of measuring learning; it can also be a powerful mechanism of learning.
Contrary to how it might feel, both success and failure to retrieve information are helpful for your memory. Both outcomes serve to calibrate confidence in your perception of ...
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The read, recite, review (3R) approach
This involves reading a short passage of text, putting the source to one side and trying to recall the information in your own words, before checking your recall against the source for factual accuracy.
You repeat these steps until you are satisfied with your ability to ca...
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Left-brained or right-brained
People used to speak of being left or right-brain dominant (where the left brain is more logical and algorithmic, and the right brain more artistic and intuitive).
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Being An Introvert
Before partying, ask yourself if you might have that feeling in this situation, and think about how you can prepare for that. (Having an extroverted pal along, or conversational topics to rely on, can help ease the pressure.)
Just because you tend toward introversion doesn’t mean you can’t...
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