Which memory holds a large amount of information for about 2 seconds?

Related Mcqs:

1. The efficiency of memory can be increased if we organize information so that the amount of information in each unit increases while the number of separate units decreases. This process is called _________________?

   A. chunking
   B. rehearsal
   C. encoding
   D. retrieval

2. The memory that holds information for the shortest period of time is known as __________________?

   A. sensory memory
   B. long term memory
   C. short term memory
   D. implicit memory

3. Iconic memory decay in under two seconds from the _______________?

   A. short-term store
   B. hippocampus
   C. long-term store
   D. sensory register

4. Our inability to remember information presented in the seconds just before we fell asleep is most likely due to ____________________?

   A. encoding failure
   B. the misinformation effect
   C. retroactive interference
   D. motivated forgetting

5. Semantic memory and episodic memory are classes of _________________?

   A. short-term memory
   B. iconic memory
   C. explicit memory
   D. implicit memory

6. A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called _________________ memory?

   A. iconic
   B. implicit
   C. echoic
   D. flashbulb

7. A person’s memory of his wedding would be stored in _______________ memory?

   A. semantic
   B. autobiographical
   C. metamemory
   D. procedural

8. The type of memory with large capacity and brief duration is __________________?

   A. sensory memory
   B. short-term memory
   C. working memory
   D. long-term memory

9. The conscious repetition of information in order to maintain it in memory is called ___________________?

   A. automatic processing
   B. rehearsal
   C. priming
   D. chunking

10. To store information in long-term memory, one should use __________________?

    A. attention
    B. maintained rehearsal
    C. elaborative rehearsal
    D. repetition