FYE Chapter 5 Quiz Study Guide, Practice Questions and Review 2026
Metacognition - ✔✔The process of understanding how you learn, what you need to learn, and
finally which strategies or techniques would be the most effective or best managed to the
learning task.
Encoding - ✔✔The process of attaching special memory codes to information so that long-
term memory can process, categorize, and store it for later use and retrieval.
Memory Storage - ✔✔The process of holding or maintaining coded information for a given
period of time.
Memory Retrival - ✔✔The process of recalling, pulling back into use, or recovering coded
information from memory.
Sensory Input - ✔✔The sensory stimuli from the physical world that we receive through our
five senses -sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
Sensory Memory - ✔✔A temporary storage center that receives and holds sensory input for 1
or 2 seconds.
Selective Attention - ✔✔The process of focusing on or attending to specific stimuli that are
important to process further.
Short-Term Memory (STM) - ✔✔A temporary storage center in working memory that receives
information from the sensory center and briefly holds that information for further processing or
encoding.
Metacognition - ✔✔The process of understanding how you learn, what you need to learn, and
finally which strategies or techniques would be the most effective or best managed to the
learning task.
Encoding - ✔✔The process of attaching special memory codes to information so that long-
term memory can process, categorize, and store it for later use and retrieval.
Memory Storage - ✔✔The process of holding or maintaining coded information for a given
period of time.
Memory Retrival - ✔✔The process of recalling, pulling back into use, or recovering coded
information from memory.
Sensory Input - ✔✔The sensory stimuli from the physical world that we receive through our
five senses -sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
Sensory Memory - ✔✔A temporary storage center that receives and holds sensory input for 1
or 2 seconds.
Selective Attention - ✔✔The process of focusing on or attending to specific stimuli that are
important to process further.
Short-Term Memory (STM) - ✔✔A temporary storage center in working memory that receives
information from the sensory center and briefly holds that information for further processing or
encoding.
