The First Stage of Information Processing Involves ________

question 54

Multiple Choice

The first stage of information processing involves ________.

• A) storing information in your memory banks
• B) encoding information in memory
• C) converting information from short-term to long-term memory
• D) selecting some of the material bombarding our senses to think about and remember

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Definitions:

Wilhelm Wundt

Wilhelm Wundt, often regarded as the father of modern psychology, was a German psychologist who established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, where he focused on the study of consciousness through introspection.

Mental Processes

Internal cognitive functions that include thinking, perceiving, decision-making, and remembering, which underlie behavior.

Behavior

The actions or reactions of an organism, often in response to external stimuli, observable through physical or verbal acts.

Science

A systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.