Self-Reference and the Encoding of Personal Information
Self-Reference and the Encoding of Personal Information is a journal article by T. B. Rogers, N. A. Kuiper, W. S. Kirker (1977), published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 5 practices across 4 concepts; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this journal article is put to use.
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Practices on IX Coach that cite Self-Reference and the Encoding of Personal Information
- Remember and use people’s names
A person’s name is to them the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Made Practical
- Meditatio: ruminating on what arose
Turn the word or phrase over in your mind, letting it unfold rather than analyze it.
Lectio Divina: Sacred Reading
- An example of elaborative encoding to improve memory
An example of elaborative encoding: to remember that the hippocampus forms new memories, picture a hippo enrolling in a class on its first day of school.
Levels of Processing: Why Depth of Encoding Determines What You Remember
- Link new information to your own life and identity
Ask how the new information applies to you personally — self-referential encoding is one of the deepest processing routes known.
- Generate your own examples for every concept
For each concept, produce your own real-life example before the text shows you one.
The Generation Effect: Why Making It Yourself Makes It Stick
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