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The three basic functions of memory are encoding, storage and:Read the answer and worked solution →Remembering what you ate for lunch without trying is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →The encoding of words and their meaning is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Craik and Tulving found verbal information is best remembered when encoded:Read the answer and worked solution →Better memory for information that relates to oneself is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Atkinson and Shiffrin's 1968 model says memory passes through sensory memory, short-term memory and:Read the answer and worked solution →In Baddeley and Hitch's working memory model, the part that controls information flow is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Short-term memory storage lasts about:Read the answer and worked solution →George Miller's 1956 review reported the capacity of short-term memory as:Read the answer and worked solution →Peterson and Peterson's trigram study concluded that short-term memory decays in:Read the answer and worked solution →Previously learned information interfering with learning new information is:Read the answer and worked solution →Long-term memory storage capacity is believed to be:Read the answer and worked solution →Hearing peanut butter and thinking jelly shows memories organised in:Read the answer and worked solution →Memory of your last birthday is which type of explicit memory?Read the answer and worked solution →Riding a bicycle without being able to explain how is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Reading about a picnic makes you unscramble letters into plate rather than petal. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Karl Lashley searched rat brains for the physical trace of memory, called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which brain part regulates fear and helps decide which memories to store?Read the answer and worked solution →Patient H. M. could not form new memories after removal of his:Read the answer and worked solution →Strong emotions triggering strong memories is called:Read the answer and worked solution →An exceptionally clear recollection of an important event is a:Read the answer and worked solution →After a blow to the head, a patient cannot form new memories but remembers the past. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the explicit memoriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the memory brain partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the memory stagesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the memory wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Explicit or implicitRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the memory functionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Memory bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The three basic functions of memory are encoding, storage and:

  1. Retrieval
  2. Rehearsal
  3. Recognition
  4. Relearning
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Correct answer: A. Retrieval

1. Encoding puts information in, storage keeps it. 2. Retrieval gets it back into awareness. 3. Memory is compared to a computer. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory (CC BY 4.0)._

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Remembering what you ate for lunch without trying is an example of:

  1. Semantic encoding
  2. Automatic processing
  3. Effortful processing
  4. Elaborative rehearsal
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Correct answer: B. Automatic processing

1. Details of time, space and frequency encode themselves. 2. This is automatic processing. 3. Studying for a test needs effortful processing. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory (CC BY 4.0)._

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The encoding of words and their meaning is called:

  1. Semantic encoding
  2. Visual encoding
  3. Acoustic encoding
  4. Episodic encoding
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Correct answer: A. Semantic encoding

1. Bousfield showed people recall words by category. 2. Encoding meaning is semantic encoding. 3. Visual encodes images, acoustic encodes sounds. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory (CC BY 4.0)._

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