short-term and long-term memory

After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his

• Short-Term Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Visual Memory
• Echoic Memory

Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity?

• echoic memory
• long-term memory
• short-term memory
• state-dependent memory

Memory of a specific event

• Semantic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Long Term Memory

In-depth memory of clear, specific information

• Episodic Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Long Term Memory

• Explicit Memory

What are the three types of storage that our brain uses?

• sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
• vivid memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
• compact memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
• none of these

Translation of information into a form in which it can be used

• Storage

• Encoding

• Retrieval

• Maintenance

Remember more when you are in a similar situation or environment

• Context Dependent Memory

• State Dependent Memory

• Elaborative Memory

• Long Term Memory

An example of sensory memory in action is:

• Recognising a friend in the street
• Repeating someone's phone number back to yourself
• Seeing your name written in the air with a sparkler
• Remembering the answer to an exam question

When learning a new concept, groups of neurons temporarily encode in the _______?

• hypothalamus

• basal ganglia

• hippocampus

• amygdala

The more you study the same topic, the memory will be stored in the _______, located in the neocortex.

• long term

• short term

• mid term