Memory and Thought: Taking In and Storing Information

Which of the following is NOT part of the memory processes?

• encoding

• storage

• chunking

• retrieval

Encoding is:

• the transforming of information that the nervous system processes

• the process of how information is maintained overtime

• information is brought to mind from storage

• the process of grouping items to allow for easier storage and retrieval

When it comes to your senses, they are able to hold an input a fraction of a second before it disappears. This is called:

• sensory function

• sensory memory

• chunking

• maintenance rehearsal

Which of the following is NOT a function of sensory memory

• prevents you from being overwhelmed

• allows for time to make decisions

• done with only visual or auditory inputs

• allows for continuity and stability

An example of short-term memory is:

• retrieving a memory from childhood during a conversation

• remembering a phone number to dial

• associating core memories with current conversations

• listening to someone partial and picking up on part of the conversation

Usually, a series of about 7 items can be stored in short term memory, such as remembering a phone number to dial. This is an example of:

• chunking

• maintenance rehearsal

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

When it comes to short-term memory, what is the best way to organize information?

• chunking

• maintenance rehearsal

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

When you go to the grocery store with a list, you tend to remember the start of it over the end of it. What is that called?

• working memory

• chunking

• primacy-recency effect

• procedural memory

Long-term memory has information stored into categories and features. It is also said to be potentially

• in a very limited capicity

• in groupings of up to 7 items

• done in repetition

• in a potential unlimited capacity

When you recall information, how does declarative memory recall episodic and semantic information?

• unconsciously

• consciously

• both consciously and unconsciously

• declarative does not recall these memories