What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?

• retrieval
• storage
• encoding
• interference

The average person can hold in short-term memory a list of

• 5 items
• 8 items
• 7 items
• 9 items

This multiple choice question (#2) is an example of what kind of retrieval process?

• recall
• recognition
• relearning
• reiteration

General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned is contained in _______ memory.

• episodic
• semantic
• implicit
• procedural

What are the 3 stages of memory in order?

• Long-term, short-term, sensory
• short-term, long-term, sensory
• sensory, short-term, long-term
• sensory, long-term, short-term

Chunking is the

• elaboration of info in short-term memory storage into long-term memory
• process of passing info from sensory memory to short-term memory
• actual storage process of info in long-term memory
• method used to increase the amount of info one can hold in short-term memory

Chunking, mnemonics, and rehearsal are all ways of _____ information.

• relearning
• priming
• encoding
• retrieving

Robert was in an auto accident and now has difficulty remembering anything new. He can remember everything prior to his accident, but nothing since it. His doctors suspect that his _____ has been damaged.

• hippocampus
• cerebral cortex
• thalamus
• amygdala

Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called

• semantic memory
• implicit memory
• flashbulb memory
• iconic memory

Sad feelings that trigger memories of another sad time are an example of 

• state-dependent memory
• context-dependent
• echoic memory
• sensory memory