Module 32 33

Conscious memory of factual information is called ________ memory. 

• proactive
• procedural
• explicit
• implicit

Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure ________; matching concepts with their definitions measures ________. 

• recognition; relearning
• recall; recognition
• recall; relearning
• recognition; recall

Long-term potentiation refers to 

• the impact of overlearning on retention
• an automatic tendency to recall emotionally significant events
• an increase in a neuron's firing potential
• the process of learning something without any conscious memory of having learned it.

Loftus and Palmer asked two groups of observers how fast two cars had been going in a filmed car accident. Observers who heard the word “smashed” in relation to the accident later recalled 

• the details of the of the accident with vivid accuracy
• that the drivers in the accident were intoxicated 
• that the drivers of the vehicles were male 
• broken glass at the scene of the accident

Semantic encoding refers to the processing of _____________ 

• Sounds 
• Meanings 
• Visual images
• Unfamiliar units

When Bryan's girlfriend broke up with him, he felt very down. As he sat in his bedroom, he thought about all of the other times his heart had been broken. Bryan's experience provides an example of 

• retroactive interference.
• implicit memory
• mood-congruent memory. 
• iconic memory.

After learning the combination for his new locker at school, Milton is unable to remember the combination for his year-old bicycle lock. Milton is experiencing the effects of 

• encoding failure.
• source amnesia.
• retroactive interference.
• proactive interference.

A type of motivated forgetting in which anxiety-arousing memories are blocked from conscious awareness is known as 

• retroactive interference
• proactive interference
• repression
• priming.

The hippocampus plays a critical role in ___________ memory. 

• Iconic 
• Explicit 
• Echoic 
• Implicit

An attorney uses misleading questions in an attempt to distort a court witness' recall of a previously observed crime. This best illustrates 

• state-dependent memory
• the misinformation effect
• proactive interference
• the serial position effect.