Chapter 6 of Introducing Psychology: Memory

What is true of Organizational encoding

• Process of categorizing information into groups that share characteristics

• Activity in the upper surface of the left frontal lobe

• Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters to be easily held in short term memory

• Activity in the upper surface of the right frontal lobe

Activity in the lower left part of the frontal lobe and activity in the inner part of the right temporal lobe is present during encoding

• True

• False

Semantic Encoding is the process of:

• Relating new information to old information in a meaningful way

• Relating old information to new information in a meaningful way

• Relating new information to old information in a meaningless way

• Associated with activity in the lower left part of the frontal lobe

The level of activity in the active parts of the brain during encoding is directly associated with how well a person can recall information.

• True

• False

What are some of the benefits of Visual Imagery Encoding

• 2 pathways including the visual and verbal

• Requires more cognitive power than other encoding

• Utilizes occipital lobe

• Works like semantic encoding does, relating new information to mental image

Both Semantic Encoding and Organizational Encoding utilize regions of the frontal lobe

• True

• False

What is true of Organizational encoding

• Process of categorizing information into groups that share characteristics

• Process of Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters that are more easily held in short term memory

• Activity in the upper surface of the right frontal lobe

• Activity in the upper surface of the left frontal lobe

The term "chunking" refers to:

• The process of breaking down complex information into simpler parts.

• The tendency to remember information better when it is related to oneself.

• The strategy of grouping information into meaningful units.

• The phenomenon where information is better recalled if learned in multiple sessions.

The serial position effect demonstrates that people are more likely to remember:

• Items presented in the middle of a list.

• The first and last items in a list.

• The last items only.

• The first items only.

During which stage of memory is sensory information first transformed into a form that can be stored?

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Encoding

• Sensory input