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A pupil takes new information into the memory system. That first stage is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Retaining information after it has been taken in is the stage called:Read the answer and worked solution →Encoding words along with their meaning is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Craik and Tulving found that words are best remembered when encoded:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A pupil takes new information into the memory system. That first stage is called:

  1. Encoding
  2. Enabling
  3. Enclosing
  4. Endorsing
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Correct answer: A. Encoding

1. Three functions make up memory: input, retention and retrieval. 2. This one describes getting the information in. 3. That stage is encoding. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory._

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Retaining information after it has been taken in is the stage called:

  1. Sketching
  2. Storage
  3. Sourcing
  4. Sampling
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Correct answer: B. Storage

1. Encoding puts the information into the system. 2. Something must then keep it there. 3. That stage is storage. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory._

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Encoding words along with their meaning is described as:

  1. Semantic
  2. Systemic
  3. Symbolic
  4. Synthetic
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Correct answer: A. Semantic

1. Images are handled by visual encoding. 2. Sounds are handled by acoustic encoding. 3. Meaning is handled by semantic encoding. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory._

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