Memory Review

Which of the following helps improve memory retention by organizing information into meaningful units, making it easier to remember and retrieve?

• acronyms

• acrostics

• chunking

• rehearsal

______ is responsible for storing information permanently.

• Working memory

• Sensory memory

• Short-term memory

• Long-term memory

1. ________ memory holds information temporarily, usually for up to 30 seconds.

• Sensory memory

• Short-term memory

• Long-term memory

1. Chunking involves:

• • Splitting information into smaller parts

• • Grouping information into larger units

• • Ignoring irrelevant information

• • Enhancing creativity

_______ memory can store large amounts of information for extended periods, from hours to a lifetime, whereas ______ memory holds limited information for a brief duration, usually only seconds without rehearsal.

• Working, long-term

• Working, short-term

• Short term; long-term

• Long-term; short term

• Repeating information to keep it in short-term memory is referred to as ______.

• encoding

• chunking

• rehearsal

• acrostics

The brain changes physically when you ________.

• encode

• decode

• rehearse

• encode and decode

Making decisions about what to remember and how to remember it is called _______.

• encoding

• decoding

• rehearsing

• perceiving

It is recommended that students review new learning within _______.

• 30 minutes

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 3 days

Long-term memory has a limited capacity.

• True
• False