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. While preparing for a speech, you try to recall the main points
from your outline, engaging in which memory process?
2. During a game show, Alex presses the buzzer because he
remembers the capital of France. Which memory process is Alex using?
3. Which process is being used when you repeat a grocery list to
yourself multiple times to remember it?
4. Which memory process is related to keeping information in
memory over a long period of time?
5. 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. 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. When you study by listening to audio recordings, you are utilizing
encoding.
2. 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 .
3. 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
encoding.
4. According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing model,
this type of encoding results in shallow processing.
5. According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing model,
this type of encoding results in intermediate processing.
6. According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing model,
this type of encoding results in deep processing.
7. When you put information about a friend's phone number into
your memory by looking at it written on a note, you are using encoding.
8. Which type of encoding creates the strongest and most
durable memories?
9. Which type of encoding is involved when you use funny
associations to help you remember the names of four new colleagues?
10. 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?