After reading this chapter, you should be able to

• State whether memory is a process, a structure, or a system.
• Identify how many types of memories there are.
• Indicate whether or not there are differences in the ways we store and retrieve memories based on how old the memories are.
• Identify what kind of memory helps us to focus on a task.
• Describe how our memory influences us unintentionally.
• State what the limits of our memory are.