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this is for psychology it will help me if you can give me some examples of mnemonic devices

2007-05-22 02:46:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

4 answers

(1) In Physics

"Richard of York Gained Battles In Vain" for the colours of the rainbow: Red - Orange - Yellow - Green - Blue - Indigo - Violet

(2) In Zoology:

A special scientific classification zoology mnemonic is: "King Penguins congregate on frozen ground sometimes".

The first letter of each word of the mnemonic corresponds (in order) to the first letter of the descending order of scientific classification.

Mnemonic Zoology term
King Kingdom
Penguins Phylum
congregate Class
on Order
frozen Family
ground Genus
sometimes Species

(3) In Astronomy:

"My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos" for the order of the 8 planets outwards from the Sun: Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune

(4) In Arithmetic

"May I have a large container of coffee?" The number of letters in each word is pi to 7 decimal places. 3.1415926

(5) In Chemistry

"Harry, He Likes Beer, But Can Not Obtain Food." for the first ten elements of the Periodic Table: Hydrogen - Helium - Lithium - Berillium - Boron - Carbon - Nitrogen - Oxygen - Fluorine

(6) In Music

"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" for the notes of the treble staff from the bottom upwards: E G B D F

(7) In Computing

"People Cannot Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms" for PCMCIA cards (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association).

(8) In Science

People Really Hate Eating Donuts And Cold Cider" for the seven steps in The Scientific Method: Problem - Research - Hypothesis - Experiments/Data - Analyse - Conclusions - Communicate.

2007-05-22 05:21:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Learning Autonomic Mnemonics Oratorically Instructs

2016-05-19 22:19:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Well, since you asked in astronomy:

Oh, Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now. Smack!
These are the types of stars on the the Hertzsprung Russell diagram.
O, B, A, F, G, K, M, R, N, S

King Phillip Came Over From Germany Saturday.
Biological classification.
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.

Every Good Boy Does Fine
FACE
Good Boys Do Fine Always
All Cows Eat Grass
Music
This is how you remember the lines and spaces of the treble and bass clefts.

Roy G. Biv
Classic for the colors of the rainbow.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

Black body radiation, our young Greg believes, violates God's whole grand scheme.
Electronics, the colors on resistors
Black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, grey, white, gold, silver.

Olivia had a hunk of apple she couldn't taste.
Basic trig functions.
Opposite/hypotenuse, adjacent/hypotenuse, opposite/adjacent =
sine, cosine, tangent.

2007-05-22 03:12:46 · answer #3 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 0 0

Remember the name ROY G BIV to remember the order of colors in a spectrum; red orange yellow blue green indigo violet
I have another to remember the 12 micro nutrients in plant solutions of fertilizer
My Mom Can Make Cheese Stuffed Ziti In Burgandy Cooked Pasta Noodles
Mo Mg Ca Mn Cl S Zn iron B Cu potassium N

2007-05-22 03:18:44 · answer #4 · answered by mike453683 5 · 0 0

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