Memory System

Which part of the memory system involves using hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, etc.

• Sensory Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Long Term Memory

Encoding means?

• To retrieve long term memories

• To use senses to put information into short term memory

• To remember how to do something

True or False: Paying attention and or concentrating is part of the retrieval system.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Its part of the encoding/sensory memory system

This type of memory lasts 30 second to 1 minute for most people.

• Sensory

• Short Term

• Long Term

This type of memory lasts for a very short amount of time (seconds).

• Sensory Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Long Term Memory

If a person can remember their 5th birthday party and they are 80 years old, which part of the system is working?

• Episodic Retrieval

• Semantic Retrieval

• Procedural Retrieval

If a person can remember how to hit a golf ball and they haven't done so in many years, which part of the memory system is working?

• Episodic Retrieval

• Semantic Retrieval

• Procedural Retrieval

If a person can remember many facts about the Civil War even though they haven't studied it in decades, which part of the system is working?

• Episodic Retrieval

• Semantic Retrieval

• Procedural Retrieval

Which part of the brain is essential for storing short term memories?

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus

• Prefrontal Cortex

Answer explanation

This is the part of the brain that is often damaged in people as they age. It makes it difficult to remember what just happened.

This part of the brain allows us to make new long term semantic and episodic memories.

• Prefrontal Cortex

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum