(AP Psychology) Memory Concepts Review

What is the process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information called?

• recollection

• forgetting

• memory

• imagination

What are the three main processes of memory?

• recognition, recall, and forgetting

• input, processing, and output

• encoding, storage, and retrieval

• sensation, perception, and attention

What is sensory memory?

• Sensory memory is a type of memory that holds emotional experiences.

• Sensory memory is a type of memory that holds information for several minutes.

• Sensory memory is a type of memory that holds information indefinitely.

• Sensory memory is a type of memory that holds sensory information for a very short period of time, typically less than a second.

What is the capacity and duration of sensory memory?

• Small capacity, short duration

• Large capacity, long duration

• Small capacity, long duration

• Large capacity, short duration

What is short-term memory?

• The ability to remember events from childhood.

• The process of forgetting information over time.

• Long-term storage and retrieval of information in the brain.

• Temporary storage for 2-30 seconds

What is the capacity and duration of short-term memory?

• 5 items, 10-15 seconds

• 10 items, 30-40 seconds

• 3 items, 5-10 seconds

• 7 items, 20-30 seconds

What is long-term memory?

• The stage of the memory process where information is stored for a short period of time.

• The stage of the memory process where information is forgotten.

• The stage of the memory process where information is stored for an extended period of time.

• The stage of the memory process where information is stored temporarily.

What is the process of making information meaningful to transfer it from short-term to long-term memory?

• Maintenance Rehearsal

• Elaborative Rehearsal

• Declarative Memory

• Implicit Memory

Which of these is not a type of memory encoding?

• visual

• acoustic

• semantic

• enthusiastic

This is a visual representation of what type of storage theory?

• Atkinson-Shiffrin Model

• Baddeley-Hitch

• Erick Erickson

• Jung-Freud