Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:In short-term memory, sensory information is preserved and retained in the form and shape as it was originally received.
Statement II:In immediate memory, sensory information is subject to a process of encoding for being retained in the form of special visual and auditory impressions, symbols, signs and words.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Explanation
Both statements are incorrect because they misdescribe the memory stores.
Short-term memory does not preserve sensory information in the exact original form and shape it was received.
Retaining information in its raw, unaltered sensory form is the role of sensory memory, not short-term memory.
Immediate memory does not carry out the encoding of information into visual and auditory impressions, symbols and words.
That encoding into meaningful symbols and words is the work of short-term and working memory.
The Atkinson and Shiffrin model arranges memory as sensory register, short-term store and long-term store.
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