Information Processing Theory

The interpretation of the sensory information we encounter that helps us understand the environment is _________.

• Perception

• Encoding

• Storage

• Attention

Fairly easy tasks or familiar tasks are considered to use ______.

• Effortful processing

• Automatic processing

• Bottom-up processing

• Top-down processing

What is an important aspect of memory?

• Encoding

• Retrieval

• Storage

• All of the above

If I'm repeating a phone number in my head to remember it until I can write it down, what type of rehearsal method am I using?

• Maintenance Rehearsal

• Elaborative Rehearsal

_______ theory suggests that information contained within a script, or typical pattern of events, is easier to understand and encode.

• Network

• Schema

• Dual-coding