Novak Cognition and Memory

The process of filing information into your memory is...

• Chunking
• Encoding
• Retrieving
• Priming

______ involves maintaing encoded information in memory over time.

• Recall
• Amnesia
• Storage
• Potential

The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory

• explicit   
• short-term   
• implicit   
• sensory

The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory

• explicit   
• short-term   
• implicit   
• sensory

Our long-term memory capacity is

• In direct correlation to our age
• Varies greatly by gender
• Essentially limitless
• In direct correlation to our age

Chunking refers to 

• getting information into memory through the use of visual imagery
• the organization of information into meaningful units
• the unconscious encoding of incidental information 
• the tendency to recognize names we can't recall

The _________ is important in the formation of short to long-term memories

• bladder

• thalamus

• hippocampus

• kidneys

Holds about 7 items at a time

• Short-term memory
• Long-term memory
• Sensory memory

Implicit memory is:

• 
  Memory for general knowledge and facts

  
  

• Conscious and intentional memory retrieval

  
  

• Memory that is not consciously aware or intentionally retrieved

  
  

• Memory for personal experiences and event

  
  

Explicit memory is:

• Memory for general knowledge and facts

• Memory for personal experiences and events

• Conscious and intentional memory retrieval

• Memory that is not consciously aware or intentionally retrieved