Understanding Memory

What is the first step in the memory process?

• Retrieval

• Sensory

• long term

• short term

Which type of memory is responsible for holding information temporarily for processing?

• Long-term memory

• Sensory memory

• Short-term memory

• Procedural memory

Identify a strategy that can be used to improve memory retention.

• Multitasking

• Cramming

• Chunking

• Skipping sleep

Explain how rehearsal can aid in transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

• Rehearsal increases the capacity of short-term memory.

• Rehearsal helps in encoding information more deeply.

• Rehearsal eliminates the need for retrieval cues.

• Rehearsal reduces the interference from other memories.

Differentiate between explicit and implicit memory with an example for each.

• Explicit memory involves skills; implicit memory involves facts.

• Explicit memory involves facts; implicit memory involves skills.

• Explicit memory involves emotions; implicit memory involves facts.

• Explicit memory involves skills; implicit memory involves emotions.

Which of the following factors can negatively affect memory?

• Adequate sleep

• Stress

• Regular exercise

• Healthy diet

Describe the role of emotions in flashbulb memories.

• Emotions negatively impact flashbulb memories

• Emotions enhance flashbulb memories, enhancing memory

• emotions prevent memory decay.

• Emotions speed up decay of the memory

What is the primary difference between short-term and long-term memory in terms of duration?

• Short-term memory lasts for years; long-term memory lasts for seconds.

• Short-term memory lasts for seconds; long-term memory lasts for years.

• Short-term memory lasts for minutes; long-term memory lasts for hours.

• Short-term memory lasts for hours; long-term memory lasts for minutes.

What best describes working memory?

• lIke a sticky notes in the brain, information to hold onto for only a few seconds

• Processing center

• organizing information into categories

• visualizing information as images

Which of the following is an example of procedural memory?

• Remembering your first day at school

• Knowing how to ride a bicycle

• Recalling the capital of France

• Recognizing a familiar face