Question

Suppose that when you hear a new acquaintance's name, Chris Money, you think about the meaning of the name Money, including both coins and dollar bills, and the importance of money in our culture. The kind of processing you would be using is called:________
a. serial processing.
b. automatic processing.
c. sensory memory.
d. elaboration.

Answer 1

Answer: Elaboration

Explanation: Elaboration in the context above is the process of making series of visual, semantic or acoustic connections or linkage to a particular word, event or occurrence. Elaboration is the technique used in elaborative encoding used in storing information in long term memory by making connection or attachment between that word and a previously existing knowledge in memory. Such that when a word is heard, and all possible meaning of the word, object or statement is brought into view or memory, such process is called elaboration.

Answer 2

Answer:

d. elaboration.

Explanation:

Suppose that when you hear a new acquaintance's name, Chris Money, you think about the meaning of the name Money, including both coins and dollar bills, and the importance of money in our culture. The kind of processing you would be using is called elaboration.

Elaboration in memory processing is the process of linking new information or stimulus to previously existing stimulus at the time of encoding. This helps the new information to be easily stored in the memory. Linking the name Chris Money to coins and dollars is called elaboration and it will help in the storage and retrieval of that information.