AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Psychologists distinguish between three necessary stages in the learning and memory process: encoding, storage, and retrieval (Melton, 1963). Encoding is defined as the initial learning of information; storage refers to maintaining information over time; retrieval is the ability to access information when you need it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Storage: the retention of the encoded information over time. Retrieval: the process of getting information out of memory storage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Memory retention refers to the ability to remember information over a period of time. In short, it is the process of retrieving information after it has been encoded and stored. Occasionally, our retention may decay, and our stored memory is lost as time goes on. This event is also known as forgetting.

Detailed explanation-4: -Storage is the retention of the encoded information. Retrieval, or getting the information out of memory and back into awareness, is the third function.

Detailed explanation-5: -Encoding may be visual, acoustic, or semantic. Visual encoding and acoustic encoding are self-explanatory; they are named for the sensory modality through which they operate. Semantic encoding refers to the general meaning of an event.