U5 - Cognition Review

Front

Which of the following has limited storage capacity? Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory, Sensory Memory

Back

Short Term Memory

Front

Which of the following is not related to forgetting? Retroactive interference, Repression, Decay, Long term potentiation

Back

Long term potentiation

Front

Memory decay is fastest for which type of memory? Options: Sensory Memory, Short Term Memory, Working Memory, Long Term Memory

Back

Sensory Memory

Front

If you watch a sequel to a movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing...

Back

Retroactive Interference

Front

According to _________ theory, you are likely to form memories that mirror your emotional state.

Back

Mood congruent

Front

According to _________ theory, you not consciously aware of how external stimuli have shaped your behavioral responses.

Back

priming

Front

Which brain part is responsible for facilitating explicit memories? Options: brain stem, cerebellum, amygdala, hippocampus

Back

hippocampus

Front

According to the serial position effect, you will remember more: items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle.

Back

items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle.

Front

Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the:

Back

amygdala.

Front

What type of forgetting might be at work in the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon when we feel we are about to remember someone's name but it remains elusive? Options: encoding failure, retroactive interference, retrieval failure, motivated forgetting

Back

retrieval failure