Memory, Encoding, and Storage

What is the definition of encoding?

• Storing information

• Retrieving information

• Processing information

• Transforming information into the memory system.

Visual encoding is the encoding of ________.

• Sounds

• Images

• Meanings

• Text

Which type of encoding retains the most information?

• Visual

• Acoustic

• Semantic

The hippocampus is responsible for ________ memory for storage.

• Implicit

• Explicit

• Sensory

• Short-term

Rehearsal involves ________ information continually.

• Forgetting

• Ignoring

• Repeating

• Skipping

Chunking involves clumping information into ________ units.

• Random

• Meaningful

• Small

• Large

The serial position effect indicates we better remember the ________ of lists.

• Middle

• Beginning and end

• Random parts

• Entirety

Acoustic encoding is the encoding of ________.

• Images

• Sounds

• Text

• Meanings

Semantic encoding is the encoding of ________. A) Sounds B) Images C) Meanings D) Text.

• Sounds

• Images

• Meanings

• Text

Which method of encoding works best when attaching meaning?

• Visual

• Acoustic

• Semantic