Memory and Learning Processes Quiz

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

• Swimming

• Cooking

• Dancing

• Memory

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for the formation of new memories?

• Frontal lobe

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Occipital lobe

What is the term for the process of strengthening a memory trace over time?

• Memory dissolution

• Memory erosion

• Memory consolidation

• Memory dispersion

What type of memory is responsible for storing information about events and personal experiences?

• Episodic memory

• Sensory memory

• Semantic memory

• Procedural memory

What is the term for the process of acquiring new knowledge or skills through experience, study, or teaching?

• ignorance

• unlearning

• forgetting

• learning

What is the name of the process by which existing information is used to create new knowledge or ideas?

• Stagnation

• Destruction

• Creativity or Innovation

• Repetition

What is the term for the decrease in the ability to remember a previously formed memory over time?

• remembering

• recalling

• retaining

• forgetting

What is the term for the process of recalling information that has been previously learned or experienced?

• Retrieval

• Suppression

• Forgetting

• Repression

What is the name of the theory that suggests that forgetting occurs because memories fade with time?

• evolution theory

• decay theory

• retrieval theory

• enhancement theory

What is the term for the process of consciously repeating the information to be remembered?

• recycling

• ignoring

• forgetting

• rehearsal