Memory Encoding and Storage Quiz

What is the definition of memory? Choose all correct options used in the video.

• The storage of information in our brains

• The persistence of learning through the retrieval of information

• The ability to remember past events

• The process of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information

What are the two forms of explicit memories?

• Retrospective and prospective

• Episodic and Semantic (generic)

• Conditioned and automatic

• Semantic and procedural

Which part of the brain is heavily involved in effortful processing?

• Hippocampus

• Frontal lobes

• Basal ganglia

• Cerebellum

What type of memory is learning how to ride a bike?

• Semantic memory

• Procedural memory

• Conditioned memory

• Episodic memory

What is the process of encoding?

• Pulling information out of storage

• Understanding the meaning of information

• Saving information for later retrieval

• Inputting and recording information in the brain

What is the Primacy effect in memory?

• Remembering the first or most important items in a list

• Remembering the most recent items in a list

• Forgetting all items in a list

• Remembering the middle items in a list

What is the duration of short-term memory?

• 1 day

• 1 minute

• 1 hour

• 20 seconds

What is the advantage of chunking in memory?

• It helps with encoding information

• It enhances sensory memory

• It improves long-term memory retention

• It allows us to remember more items in short-term memory

What is the purpose of rehearsal in memory?

• To retrieve information from long-term memory

• To organize information into schema

• To maintain information in short-term memory

• To encode information into short-term memory

What is the role of context in memory retrieval?

• It helps us remember information when we are in the same context as when we learned it

• It improves short-term memory capacity

• It enhances sensory memory

• It allows us to chunk information