PSYC 2301 EXAM 3 EXAMPREP 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Encoding.
Answer: Processing of info in a way that can be stored by a memory
system
◉ Storage.
Answer: Retaining info so that it can be used later
◉ Retrieval.
Answer: Recovering stored information for conscious awareness
◉ Automatic Processing.
Answer: Done easily without conscious awareness
◉ Effortful Processing.
Answer: Encoding that requires effort
◉ Key to encoding.
,Answer: Attaching meaning
◉ Semantic Encoding.
Answer: Encoding word meaning by connecting new info to what
you already know
◉ Visual encoding.
Answer: Encoding images, high imagery words are better
remembered
◉ Acoustic Encoding.
Answer: Encoding of sound
◉ Information Processing/Atkinson-Shiffrin Model.
Answer: Sensory memory, short-term memory, long term-memory
◉ Sensory Memory.
Answer: Lasts a couple of seconds, Large Capacity, helps to retain
the sense that the world is continuous
◉ Short term memory.
,Answer: 20-30 seconds, temporary storage acting as a link between
sensory and long term, strengthened through maintenance rehearsal
(continuously repeating things in your head)
◉ Long term memory.
Answer: Potentially permanent
◉ Baddeley's model of working memory.
Answer: Working memory, central executive, visuospatial sketchpad,
phonological loop, episodic buffer
◉ Working memory.
Answer: Active processing of information in short-term memory,
including maintenance and manipulation
◉ Central Executive.
Answer: Directs attention and flow of information, determines what
info is used and what is ignored
◉ Visuospatial Sketchpad.
Answer: Visual and spatial information are stored and manipulated
◉ Phonological Loop.
, Answer: Working memory that stores verbal information, able to be
repeated
◉ Episodic Buffer.
Answer: Forms bridge between memory and conscious awareness,
integrates info in order to solve problems
◉ Multitasking vs Task Switching.
Answer: True multitasking is a myth, instead rapid task switching
occurs that increases cognitive load and decreases productivity by
up to 40%
◉ Capacity of short term memory.
Answer: 7 plus or minus 2 (increased by chunking) and 4 plus or
minus 1 (when chunking is not an option
◉ Chunking.
Answer: organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often
occurs automatically
◉ Explicit memory.
Answer: Memory you are aware of having
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Encoding.
Answer: Processing of info in a way that can be stored by a memory
system
◉ Storage.
Answer: Retaining info so that it can be used later
◉ Retrieval.
Answer: Recovering stored information for conscious awareness
◉ Automatic Processing.
Answer: Done easily without conscious awareness
◉ Effortful Processing.
Answer: Encoding that requires effort
◉ Key to encoding.
,Answer: Attaching meaning
◉ Semantic Encoding.
Answer: Encoding word meaning by connecting new info to what
you already know
◉ Visual encoding.
Answer: Encoding images, high imagery words are better
remembered
◉ Acoustic Encoding.
Answer: Encoding of sound
◉ Information Processing/Atkinson-Shiffrin Model.
Answer: Sensory memory, short-term memory, long term-memory
◉ Sensory Memory.
Answer: Lasts a couple of seconds, Large Capacity, helps to retain
the sense that the world is continuous
◉ Short term memory.
,Answer: 20-30 seconds, temporary storage acting as a link between
sensory and long term, strengthened through maintenance rehearsal
(continuously repeating things in your head)
◉ Long term memory.
Answer: Potentially permanent
◉ Baddeley's model of working memory.
Answer: Working memory, central executive, visuospatial sketchpad,
phonological loop, episodic buffer
◉ Working memory.
Answer: Active processing of information in short-term memory,
including maintenance and manipulation
◉ Central Executive.
Answer: Directs attention and flow of information, determines what
info is used and what is ignored
◉ Visuospatial Sketchpad.
Answer: Visual and spatial information are stored and manipulated
◉ Phonological Loop.
, Answer: Working memory that stores verbal information, able to be
repeated
◉ Episodic Buffer.
Answer: Forms bridge between memory and conscious awareness,
integrates info in order to solve problems
◉ Multitasking vs Task Switching.
Answer: True multitasking is a myth, instead rapid task switching
occurs that increases cognitive load and decreases productivity by
up to 40%
◉ Capacity of short term memory.
Answer: 7 plus or minus 2 (increased by chunking) and 4 plus or
minus 1 (when chunking is not an option
◉ Chunking.
Answer: organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often
occurs automatically
◉ Explicit memory.
Answer: Memory you are aware of having
