Understanding Memory and Cognitive Processes Quiz

Short-term memory has a brief duration.

Recall is the process of bringing stored information back into consciousness.

Sensory memory holds sensory information for a very brief duration.

Confabulation describes the phenomenon where a person recalls false memories.

The episodic buffer is not a component of Baddeley's model of working memory.

Short-term memory can hold approximately 7 ± 2 items according to George A. Miller.

Encoding is a stage in the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of information processing.

Chunking in memory refers to grouping information into meaningful units.

Transitional memory is not a type of long-term memory.

The primacy effect refers to better recall of items at the beginning of a list.

Alan Baddeley proposed the concept of working memory.

The temporal lobe is primarily associated with long-term memory.

The hippocampus plays a role in consolidating short-term memory into long-term memory.

Neurotransmitter production is not considered a factor that affects memory retrieval.

Levels of processing refer to the enhancement of memory when information is deeply processed.

The amygdala is crucial for the formation of emotional memories.