Memory Tasks for Identifying Fruits

What memory tasks would be used by Jane to identify the fruits in the grocery store?

Which of the following memory tasks would be used by Jane to identify the fruits?

a. Recall Memory

b. Recognition Memory

c. Encoding Memory

d. Retrieval Memory

Answer:

Three-year-old Jane was asked to identify apples and melons kept in the grocery store for which she would use recognition memory.

Recognition memory is used for recognizing objects, ideas, and incidents that the individual has witnessed earlier as well. When an incident or object is witnessed, the images from a particular surrounding are captured and stored. When that incident or object is repeated, the same images are matched with the surrounding for identifying similarities. Human beings can remember a lot of pictures with high accuracy even if they witness them for a few seconds only.

Recognition functions in two ways that are familiarity and recollection. In the familiarity process, individuals can feel that the incident has occurred earlier but are unable to recall the details. On the contrary, the recollection process involves retrieving the details of that incident to consolidate the repetition of the incident.

Jane will use the recollection method of recognition memory to correctly name the fruits.