Understanding Memory Processes and Functions 3

Which type of memory is characterized by its brief duration and large capacity, often lasting only a few seconds?

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Sensory memory

• Working memory

How does elaborative rehearsal differ from maintenance rehearsal in terms of memory retention?

• Elaborative rehearsal involves repeating information without adding meaning.

• Maintenance rehearsal involves creating associations with existing knowledge.

• Elaborative rehearsal involves creating associations with existing knowledge.

• Maintenance rehearsal involves organizing information into meaningful units.

After a car accident, Charlotte is unable to form new memories. Which of the following conditions is characterized by this inability?

• Retrograde amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

• Infantile amnesia

• Alzheimer's disease

Explain why autobiographical memories are often more memorable than other types of memories.

• They are rehearsed more frequently.

• They are stored in a different part of the brain.

• They are connected to personal experiences and emotions.

• They are less susceptible to forgetting.

What is the primary difference between short-term memory and working memory?

• Short-term memory is used for processing information, while working memory is for storage.

• Working memory involves processing and manipulation of information, while short-term memory is for temporary storage.

• Short-term memory has a larger capacity than working memory.

• Working memory is only used for verbal information.

Discuss how physical impairments can negatively affect memory storage processes.

• They can enhance the capacity of long-term memory.

• They can lead to conditions like amnesia and Alzheimer's disease.

• They can improve the efficiency of working memory.

• They have no impact on memory storage processes.

Which memory process is most likely to be affected by infantile amnesia?

• Sensory memory

• Short-term memory

• Working memory

• Long-term memory

How might highly superior autobiographical memory be explained in terms of biological processes?

• It is due to increased rehearsal of information.

• It is linked to specific brain structures and functions.

• It results from a lack of interference from other memories.

• It is caused by enhanced sensory memory capacity.

Identify a strategy that can help prolong the storage of information in memory.

• Ignoring irrelevant details

• Maintenance rehearsal

• Dividing attention between tasks

• Avoiding repetition