Question

Imagine you are driving to your best friend’s new house. While driving, you rehearse the address multiple times. Once you get to their house, you stop worrying about the address and focus on the idea of buying them a housewarming gift. To remember the address, you used a(n) ________ process in STM.
- automatic
- iconic
- coding
- control

Answer 1

Answer:

The best answer to the question: To remember the address, you used a(n): control, process in STM (Short term memory).

Explanation:

In humans, memory can be divided into two groups: short-term memory, sometimes known as working memory, and long-term, or permanent, memory. Unless information taken in by the brain, and related to memorization, is managed and controlled in a specific way, it will be released and forgotten, or as we normally call it, erased. The use of control processes, such as the one used by you to memorize the address, and then be able to think about something else, without forgetting the memorized piece of data, will ensure that short-term memory actually saves the data and makes it available for retrieval without difficulty. In fact, it is known that control processes are vital for short-term memory, to control the process of learning and forgetfulness, as well as to balance the process of decision-making and the flow of information inside the brain.