Memory

What are the major processes involved in memory?

• Encoding, Retrieval, Storage

• Acquiring, Storing, Recalling

• Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

• Acquiring, Storing, Retrieving

Which type of memory has a large storage capacity and can store information indefinitely?

• Short-term Memory (STM)

• Sensory Memory

• Long-term Memory (LTM)

• Semantic Memory

What is the process of organizing information into meaningful units called?

• Encoding

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Chunking

What is the phenomenon where one cannot quite recall a familiar word but can recall words of similar form and meaning?

• Deja vu

• Tip of the Tongue (TOT)

• Interference

• Information Decay

Which type of memory involves the remembrance of ideas, concepts, and facts regarded as general knowledge?

• Semantic Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Procedural Memory

What is the process of acquiring, storing, retaining, and retrieving information referred to as?

• Thinking

• Learning

• Memory

• Cognition

Which type of encoding involves associating images with words?

• Acoustic/Phonemic Encoding

• Tactile Encoding

• Visual/Structural Encoding

• Semantic Encoding

What is the term for the loss or change in information that was previously stored in short-term or long-term memory?

• Encoding Failures

• Forgetting

• Information Decay

• Interference

What is the first stage in the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory?

• Sensory Memory

• Short-term Memory

• Long-term Memory

• Encoding

What is the term for the inability to retrieve a memory due to the fading of memory traces over time?

• Interference

• Information Decay

• Encoding Failures

• Active Rehearsal