Understanding Memory

Memory is a learning that has persisted over time. True or False?

• True

• False

What is relearning in the context of learning and memory?

• A) Learning something for the first time

• B) Learning something quicker and smoother when you learn it at a later time

• C) Forgetting information over time

• D) Memorizing information without understanding

Encoding in the context of memory refers to:

• the process of storing information in the brain

• the process of retrieving information from memory

• the process of transforming information into a format that can be stored in memory

• the process of forgetting information

Fill in the blank: _______ is the process of maintaining info in memory over time.

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Perception

Fill in the blank: _______ is the process of bringing to mind info that has been previously encoded & stored.

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Storage

• Perception

Which of the following inhibits encoding?

• Attention

• Distractions

• Repetition

• Understanding

What is the deepest level of encoding?

• Semantic

• Visual

• Rhyme

Give an example of using visual imagery encoding for remembering class names.

• Using a mental image of a classroom to remember the names of students

• Repeating the class names aloud several times

• Writing down the class names multiple times

• Associating class names with a specific color

What type of encoding is described as the process of categorizing information according to relationships among a series of items?

• Organizational

• Mnemonics

• Massed practice

• Visual Imagery

What is 'Massed practice' in encoding strategies?

• Studying a lot of info in a short amount of time

• Learning is best when spacing out studying times

• Studying over multiple hours, days, weeks

• None of the above