Unit 2 (Memory)

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The human capacity for storing long term memories is

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essentially unlimited.

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Your consciously activated but limited-capacity memory is called ________ memory.

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short-term

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Which type of memory integrates new incoming knowledge with knowledge retrieved from long-term memory?

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working memory

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Your memory of which of the following is an example of implicit memory? What you talked to your friend about in the hall yesterday, The need to spend time reviewing for the upcoming psychology test, Which way to turn the car key to start the engine, That George Washington was the first president, How exciting it was to get the best birthday present ever

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Which way to turn the car key to start the engine

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Which type of memory would be stored in long-term memory? Options: flashbulb memory, iconic memory, echoic memory, working memory, sensory memory

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flashbulb memory

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Being able to read this question effortlessly highlights the importance of

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automatic processing.

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By presenting research participants with three rows of three letters for only a fraction of a second, Sperling demonstrated that people have _______ memory.

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iconic

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The tendency for distributed study to yield better long-term retention than massed study is known as

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the spacing effect.

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Unlike implicit memories, explicit memories are processed by the

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hippocampus

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Which of the following conditions causes difficulty recalling subsequent life events? repression, retrograde amnesia, anterograde amnesia, state-dependent memory, encoding failure

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anterograde amnesia