Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:

• What kind of memory involves storage of brief events, such as sights, sounds, and tastes?
  • Short-term memory
    • Incorrect.
  • Sensory memory
    • Correct.
  • Working memory
    • Incorrect.
  • Procedural
    • Incorrect.
• Encoding information occurs through ________.
  • automatic processing and effortful processing
    • Correct.
  • automatic storing and effortful retrieval
    • Incorrect.
  • processing and storing
    • Incorrect.
  • storing and retrieving
    • Incorrect.
• When people say you never forget how to ride a bike, they are referring to ________ memory, also called non-declarative memory.
  • explicit
    • Incorrect.
  • semantic
    • Incorrect.
  • implicit
    • Correct.
  • sensory
    • Incorrect.
• What is the main idea of levels of processing theory?
  • Aerobic exercise promotes neurogenesis.
    • Incorrect.
  • In order to remember information, you should build a web of retrieval cues to help you access material when you want to remember it.
    • Incorrect.
  • If you want to remember a piece of information, you should think about it more deeply and link it to other information and memories to make it more meaningful.
    • Correct.
  • Overlearning can help prevent storage decay.
    • Incorrect.