Learning curve: what is memory

Dwain has a very clear memory of the events of his first day of college. The memory of this experience would be considered a(n) _____ memory.

autobiographical

Lin tells her roommate about her break-up with her boyfriend, but her roommate does not seem to be listening. Lin accuses her of not paying attention, so her roommate repeats back the last three words of her story. This does not excuse her because Lin knows that she may be relying on her ______ memory.

echoic

iconic memory is to __________ as vision is to hearing.

echoic memory

transforming new information into a form that can be retrieved later is known as:

encoding

Morris thinks about what he ate for breakfast this morning. In order, which key steps must his brain perform to remember this event?

encoding, storage, and retrieval

memories of specific events in one's life such as high school graduation are called "_______ memories."

episodic

Iconic memory refers to

fast-decaying store of visual sensory memory

while driving in his car looking for a particular street, Aiko briefly sees the road sign but after a few seconds he cannot remember the name of the street. This illustrates the quick decay of ________ memory.

iconic

the three major categories of information stored in _______ memory are procedural, episodic, and semantic memory.

long-term

Trey is at a party and notices someone across the room who looks very familiar. In trying to recall the person's name, he utilizes:

long-term memory

If Joseph used maintenance rehearsal to remember a grocery list, he would:

repeat the items over and over

before information can be transferred to short-term memory, it must first be a part of ______ memory.

sensory

which sequence accurately represents the flow of information through the human memory system?

sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory

Amal is balancing her checkbook. As she calculates each of her purchases and records them, she relies the MOST on her:

short-term memory

short-term memory is to _______ as long-term memory is to ________.

temporary; permanent