Memory Assessment

When recalling a list of words you should have the greatest DIFFICULTY with those:

• at the beginning of the list
• at the end and in the middle of the list
• at the end of the list
• in the middle of the list

A way to increase the amount of info in memory by grouping it into larger, familiar units

• Chunking
• Consolidating
• Encoding
• Organization

Visual memory is called

• echoic memory
• iconic memory
• photomemory
• semantic memory

Our average short term memory span is ___ items, plus or minus two. 

• 2
• 5
• 7
• 10

Memory for skills and procedures is called

• declarative memory
• explicit memory
• implicit memory
• prime memory

Being in a bad mood after a hard day at work, Susan could think of nothing positive in her life.

• memory construction
• state-dependent memory
• priming
• retrieval failure

Studies by Loftus, in which people were quizzed about a film of a car crash, indicate that

• most people had very accurate memories much later in time
• people's recall may easily be affected by misleading info
• when questioned soon after, memory was very inaccurate
• when quizzed immediately, stress made them recall very little

Calling your significant other the name of your ex is an example of:

• proactive interference
• retroactive interference
• motivated forgetting
• being a jerk

Who showed that memory loss happens rapidly in the first couple of days and then levels off?

• Freud
• Skinner
• Piaget
• Ebbinghaus

A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.

• echoic memory
• flashbulb memory
• implicit memory
• explicit memory