Understanding Memory Processes

What are the three main stages of memory?

• Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

• Encoding, storage, retrieval

• Implicit memory, explicit memory

• Sensory memory, working memory, long-term memory

What is the process of converting incoming information into a mental construct called?

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Consolidation

What are the types of encoding mentioned?

• Acoustic, visual, elaborative, semantic

• Visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory

• Implicit, explicit, procedural, semantic

• Sensory, short-term, long-term

What is the main process that happens in short-term memory?

• Rehearsal

• Encoding

• Retrieval

• Consolidation

What does retrieval from long-term memory depend on?

• Attention

• Association

• Rehearsal

• Encoding

What is the duration of sensory memory?

• Less than a second

• About 30 seconds

• Unlimited

• 1 minute

What is the term for the process of storing a memory in long-term memory?

• Encoding

• Retrieval

• Consolidation

• Rehearsal

What is the capacity of long-term memory?

• Unknown

• 7 +/- 2 items

• 4 chunks

• Unlimited

What did early researchers believe about memory?

• Memory is a process.

• Memory is a "place" in the brain.

• Memory is a type of emotion.

• Memory is a chemical reaction.

What has modern technology allowed researchers to do in the study of memory?

• Study memory processes in the living brain.

• Eliminate the need for animal studies.

• Create artificial memories.

• Completely map the human brain.