Three Memory Processes and Types of Encoding Assignment
PART I – 3 Memory Processes
Directions: Indicate which memory process is described (encoding, storage, or retrieval)
by each of the following statements.
1. encoding While preparing for a speech, you try to recall the main points from
your outline, engaging in which memory process?
2. retrieval During a game show, Alex presses the buzzer because he remembers
the capital of France. Which memory process is Alex using?
3. encoding Which process is being used when you repeat a grocery list to yourself
multiple times to remember it?
4. storage Which memory process is related to keeping information in memory
over a long period of time?
5. retrieval Although Jamie knew all the capitals last semester in geography class,
he cannot answer a particular question on the quiz because he cannot recall the
capital of Australia. Which of the three memory processes is failing Jamie?
6. storage Robin can still recall details from a book he read in high school, even
years later. Which memory process explains how Robin can keep these
memories in his long-term memory for such a long time?
PART II – Attention and Encoding
Directions: Indicate which type of encoding is being described (structural/visual;
acoustic/phonemic; or semantic) by each of the following statements.
1. acoustic (phonemic) When you study by listening to audio recordings, you are
utilizing
acoustic (phonemic) encoding.
2. structural (visual) Emma is taking a test and she can see the answer in her
mind but cannot recall the word. Although she remembers where she saw the
answer (on the bottom left of the page next to a diagram), she cannot recall the
answer. Emma’s problem may be because she only encoded the information
structural (visual).
3. semantic When you add meaning to what you need to remember, for example by
thinking of a personal story, you enhance the encoding process by using
semantic encoding.
4. structural (visual) According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing
model, this type of encoding results in shallow processing.
5. acoustic (phonemic) According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing
model, this type of encoding results in intermediate processing.
6. semantic According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing model, this
type of encoding results in deep processing.
7. structural (visual) When you put information about a friend's phone number
into your memory by looking at it written on a note, you are using structural
(visual) encoding.
8. semantic Which type of encoding creates the strongest and most durable
memories? Semantic encoding creates the strongest and most durable
memories.
9. semantic Which type of encoding is involved when you use funny associations
to help you remember the names of four new colleagues?
Using funny associations to remember names involves semantic encoding
because you’re adding meaning.
10. acoustic (phonemic) After receiving her new locker combination, Mia repeats
it to herself aloud several times to help her put the information into memory.
Which type of encoding did Mia use? Mia used acoustic (phonemic) encoding by
repeating the locker combination aloud.