Memory Processes: Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

Encoding is the process by which information is initially recorded in a form usable to ______

Retrieval is the point at which one tries to remember to dredge up a particular memory trace from among all the others we have ______

Storage is the persistence of information in ______

Memory structure is the nature of memory storage itself- how information is represented in memory and how long it lasts and how it is ______

Memory specialists speak of placing information in ______

The term encoding refers to the form (i.e. the code) in which an item of information is to be placed in ______

Sensory memory acts as a holding bin, retaining information until we can select items for attention from the stream of stimuli bombarding our ______.

Visual images (Iconic memory) remain in the visual system for a maximum of one ______.

Auditory images (Echoic memory) remain in the auditory system for a slightly longer time, by most estimates up to two ______ or so.

Short-term Memory is part of our memory that holds the contents of our ______.

STM is important in a variety of tasks such as thinking, reading, speaking, and ______ solving.

Long Term Memory is one of the three structures of memory according to Atkinson and Shiffrin, along with Sensory Memory and Short-term ______.