The type of memory where information is stored for the shortest period of time is:

Related Mcqs:

1. ________________ determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory.

   A. Encoding failure
   B. Selective attention
   C. Repression
   D. Eidetic encoding

2. Which of the following determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory?

   A. consolidation
   B. an engram
   C. working memory
   D. selective attention

3. In long-term memory the learned subject matter is stored in the brain based on:___________?

   A. Biophysical pattern
   B. Biosocial pattern
   C. Biochemical pattern
   D. Bioelectrical pattern

4. What kind of code is/are used for items stored in short term memory?

   A. Visual code
   B. Semantic code
   C. Acoustic code
   D. All of the above

5. the human information-processing approach and the connectionist approach disagree with each other about how information is processed. How does the connectionist approachdiffer from the human information-processing approach?

   A. Connectionists can study the brain as it naturally occurs in real life situations
   B. Connectionists assume cognitive systems function as a whole versus by single components
   C. Connectionists support the idea of a centeral processor of control unit
   D. Connectionists assume parallel versus serial processing of information
   E. b and d

6. ________ refers to the fading memory traces from short-term memory.

   A. Encoding failure
   B. Decay
   C. Disuse
   D. Decoding failure

7. The first step in placing information into memory storage is: _____________?

   A. mnemonic memory
   B. short-term memory
   C. sensory memory
   D. rehearsal

8. Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called: ____________?

   A. retrieval
   B. encoding
   C. storage
   D. organization

9. Organizing information into larger units as a way of improving the efficiency of short-term memory is called: ____________?

   A. chunking
   B. categorizationn
   C. verbal labeling
   D. symbolization

10. The process holding information in memory is referred to as: ____________?

    A. retrieval
    B. encoding
    C. storage
    D. organization