Question

Hayla is able to retain the vocabulary she learned in her first semester Spanish class after the class has ended. The main memory process that accounts for the fact that Shayla can hold information in her memory for extended periods of time is
a. retrieval.
b. chunking.
c. encoding.
d. storage

Answer 1

Answer:

d. storage

Explanation:

There are three main processes involved in the development of memory including encoding, storage, and retrieval.

Storage: The term storage refers to the second stage in the memory process which is responsible for maintaining a particular piece of information in the brain over a period. If the information present in the storage stage being rehearsed well then an individual gains the capability of remembering that particular information for a long period.

In the question above, Shayla can hold memory in the storage stage for an extended period.