Memory: What is Memory?

Question 1

an active system that receives information from the senses, puts that information into a usable form, and organizes it as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage

Answer 1

Memory

Question 2

the set of mental operations that people perform on sensory information to convert that information into a form that is usable in the brain’s storage systems

Answer 2

Encoding

Question 3

holding on to information for some period of time

Answer 3

Storage

Question 4

getting information that is in storage into a form that can be used

Answer 4

Retrieval

Question 5

model of memory that assumes the processing of information for memory storage is similar to the way a computer processes memory in a series of three stages

Answer 5

Information-Processing Model

Question 6

a model of memory in which memory processes are proposed to take place at the same time over a large network of neural connections

Answer 6

Parallel Distributed Processing (PDP) Model

Question 7

model of memory that assumes information that is more “deeply processed,” or processed according to its meaning rather than just the sound or physical characteristics of the word or words, will be remembered more efficiently and for a longer period of time

Answer 7

Levels-of-Processing Model