Generate, generate, generate! Retrieve, retrieve, retrieve! (cont.)
Let’s say you are preparing to read the second chapter of a cognitive textbook. The chapter is entitled “Perceptual Processes.” The first sub-heading is entitled “The Sensory Register.” Try coming up with what you think the sensory register is all about. Generate the meaning of the concept.
Sensory: Must be something about the senses.
Register: Must be something about keeping a record (of the senses!).
If you could do that before you even studied the chapter, you could certainly do it on the test!