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GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 28

Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting · Memory and Forgetting: Encoding, storage, retrieval, information processing theories, reconstructive memory, encoding failure, interference and trace decay · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Memory involves three stages. Find out the correct sequence from the following:

  1. Storage, Encoding, Retrieval
  2. Retrieval, Encoding, Storage
  3. Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
  4. Decoding, Encoding, Storage

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Correct answer: (C) Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

Explanation

Information is first encoded, then stored, and later retrieved.