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What is the main difference between semantic encoding, visual encoding, and acoustic encoding?
What is the main difference between semantic encoding, visual encoding, and acoustic encoding?
- Semantic encoding involves the encoding of numbers, visual encoding involves the encoding of shapes, and acoustic encoding involves encoding of smells.
- Semantic encoding involves encoding of smells, visual encoding involves encoding of numbers, and acoustic encoding involves encoding of shapes.
- Semantic encoding focuses on organizing information, visual encoding focuses on colors, and acoustic encoding focuses on sounds.
- Semantic encoding involves encoding words and their meanings, visual encoding involves encoding of images, and acoustic encoding involves encoding of sounds. (correct)
Why are concrete words like 'car' and 'dog' easier to recall than abstract words like 'level' and 'truth'?
Why are concrete words like 'car' and 'dog' easier to recall than abstract words like 'level' and 'truth'?
- Abstract words have a more pleasant emotional response.
- Concrete words are longer and more complex.
- Concrete words can create a mental image, making them easier to recall. (correct)
- Abstract words are visually more stimulating.
What is the Self-reference effect?
What is the Self-reference effect?
- It is the tendency to store only self-referential information.
- It is the tendency to remember information shared by others.
- It involves encoding external information more effectively than internal information.
- It is the tendency to have better memory for personal information compared to less personal material. (correct)
According to the Baddeley & Hitch Model, storing memories is likened to what process?
According to the Baddeley & Hitch Model, storing memories is likened to what process?
What are the three short-term systems in the Baddeley & Hitch Model of memory?
What are the three short-term systems in the Baddeley & Hitch Model of memory?
How many separate memory stores does the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model assume?
How many separate memory stores does the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model assume?