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GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 56

Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting · Memory and Forgetting: Encoding, storage, retrieval, information processing theories, reconstructive memory, encoding failure, interference and trace decay · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding memory?

  1. Visual sensory memory last for a fraction of a second.
  2. Selective attention moves the information from short-term memory to long-term memory.
  3. In short-term memory, the information is held for a brief period of time while being used.
  4. Echoic memory capacity is limited to two seconds but smaller than the capacity of iconic memory.

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Correct answer: (A) Visual sensory memory last for a fraction of a second.; (C) In short-term memory, the information is held for a brief period of time while being used.

Explanation

Iconic (visual sensory) memory lasts a fraction of a second, and short-term memory holds information briefly while it is used. Rehearsal and encoding, not selective attention, move information to long-term memory, and echoic memory lasts a few seconds, longer than iconic memory.