Have no fear, psych 1001 is here!

I have learned a lot in psych 1001 this year, and I hope that a lot of the information I have learned stays with me and I can carry that information on with me into other classes and aspects of my life. One thing that will hopefully always stand out in my mind is the process of learning and how your brain plays a very important factor in remembering information. I have a very hard time taking tests because I always get nervous and afraid before them, but after learning about how the brain works and retains information, it has helped me improve my studying habits before tests. For example, we learned that information gradually decays once you don't review it for a certain amount of time, so I now review a little bit each day many days before an exam, so my brain is constantly being reminded of the information it needs to retain. I also have learned the importance of focusing on one subject at a time while studying, because other information can interfere with the information you are trying to learn, also causing you to forget it and not retain it as well. I think these are very important concepts that I will always remember, because the brain is such an amazing complex organ that we don't always understand. I hope that learning these studying tips will help me not be as afraid before I take future tests. Or many now after taking this course I should refer to my amygdala when I talk about fear J