Memory Types and Errors

What are the three basic functions of memory?

• A) Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

• B) Input, Process, Output

• C) Sensory, Short-term, Long-term

• D) Automatic, Effortful, Procedural.

What type of memory stores information for a couple of seconds and is very brief?

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Sensory memory

• Working memory

What is the duration of sensory memory according to the text?

• A) A few minutes

• B) A couple of seconds

• C) Several hours

• D) A day

What is the primary focus of active rehearsal?

• A) Repeating information

• B) Visualizing information

• C) Listening to information

• D) Writing down information

What is the primary method used in the memory exercise to test short-term memory?

• Visual cues

• Number recall

• Word association

• Storytelling

Fill in the blank: Implicit memories are demonstrated in the performance of some ________.

• task

• story

• image

• concept

Which type of memory is learned outside of our awareness?

• Explicit memory

• Implicit memory

• Semantic memory

• Episodic memory

Fill in the blank: Implicit memory includes _______ memory and things learned through conditioning.

• Episodic

• Semantic

• Procedural

• Emotional

Which type of implicit memory affects the response to a later stimulus?

• Episodic

• Semantic

• Procedural

• Priming

Which part of the brain is NOT mentioned as being involved with memory?

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Medulla