2.3-2.4 Memory and Encoding

What is the process of getting information into the memory system called?

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Chunking

Which type of memory involves the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information?

• Working memory

• Long-term memory

• Sensory memory

• Short-term memory

What is the term for organizing items into familiar, manageable units?

• Spacing Effect

• Testing Effect

• Chunking

• Mnemonics

Which type of memory is described as the relatively permanent and limitless archive of the memory system?

• Sensory memory

• Long-term memory

• Working memory

• Short-term memory

What is the term for encoding that requires attention and conscious effort?

• Automatic processing

• Effortful processing

• Shallow processing

• Deep processing

Which type of memory involves conscious active processing of incoming sensory information and information retrieved from long-term memory?

• Implicit memory

• Short-term memory

• Working memory

• Sensory memory

What is the term for the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention?

• Spacing Effect

• Testing Effect

• Chunking

• Mnemonics

Which type of memory involves retention of learned skills or classically conditioned associations independent of conscious recollection?

• Echoic memory

• Explicit memory

• Implicit memory

• Iconic memory

What is the term for a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli?

• Implicit memory

• Echoic memory

• Phonological loop

• Iconic memory

Which concept refers to enhanced memory after retrieving information rather than simply rereading it?

• Testing Effect

• Spacing Effect

• Chunking

• Mnemonics