Types of Memory

Memory of a specific event

• Semantic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Long Term Memory

Memory of facts and concepts

• Semantic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Episodic Memory

In-depth memory of clear, specific information

• Episodic Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Long Term Memory

• Explicit Memory

Processes that you have memorized and know, but the details are not highly focused on

• Implicit Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Echoic Memory

After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his

• Short-Term Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Visual Memory
• Echoic Memory

Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity?

• echoic memory
• long-term memory
• short-term memory
• state-dependent memory

What are the three types of storage that our brain uses?

• sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
• vivid memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
• compact memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
• none of these

Memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before

• recognition

• recall

• storage

• retrieval

The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

• encoding

• retrieval

• chunking

• recognition

The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

• encoding

• recognition

• chunking

• episodic