Psychology Write whether the statements are True or False

True
Explanation: Some of the techniques of improving memory are keyword method, encoding specificity, method of loci, mnemonic devices, practice, and rehearsal, minimizing interference, and POWER method.

False
Reason: ‘The encoding specificity of memory’ provides information about how context can affect memory.

False
Reason: There are two levels of motivated forgetting, viz. Repression and Thought suppression.

False
Reason: In recognition, a person has to point out or recognize previously learned material that is presented to him in a different context.

True
Explanation: We subconsciously push unwanted thoughts and memories into our unconsciousness. It is one of the causes of forgetting.

False
Reason: Baddeley called STM the working bench of memory because STM is the most important stage of memory which is used most of the time for problem-solving.

True
Explanation: Short-term or working memory was formerly known as ‘short term store’. It is also known as primary memory, immediate memory, operant memory, and provisional memory.

False
Reason: There are three basic processes of memory, viz. encoding/acquisition, storage, and retrieval.