AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

STUDYING AND ENCODING MEMORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is most likely to lead to semantic encoding of a list of words?
A
Thinking about how the words relate to your own life
B
Practicing the words for a single extended period
C
Breaking up the practice into several relatively short sessions
D
Noticing where in a sentence the words appear
E
Focusing on the number of vowels and consonants in the words
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Focusing on the number of vowels and consonants in the words.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following is most likely to lead to semantic encoding of a list of words? Thinking about how the words relate to your own life. What two parts of the brain are most involved in implicit memories?

Detailed explanation-3: -Another example of semantic encoding in memory is remembering a phone number based on some attribute of the person you got it from, like their name. In other words, specific associations are made between the sensory input (the phone number) and the context of the meaning (the person’s name).

Detailed explanation-4: -Semantic encoding deals with the processing and encoding of the meaning of something (a word, phrase, picture, event) as opposed to the sound or vision of it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Semantic processing, which happens when we encode the meaning of a word and relate it to similar words with similar meaning. Deep processing involves elaboration rehearsal which involves a more meaningful analysis (e.g. images, thinking, associations etc.) of information and leads to better recall.

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