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Memory: encoding & storage

Authored by Heather Chambers

Social Studies

11th - 12th Grade

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Memory: encoding & storage
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The process of getting information into memory is called_______

priming
chunking
encoding
storing

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as

the peg-word system.
implicit memory.
the serial position effect
chunking

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

amygdala.
hypothalamus.
sensory cortex.
motor cortex.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

According to the serial position effect, you will remember more: 

items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle.
nitems in the middle of a list, than at the beginning and end.
vocabulary words if you process them visually.
nvocabulary words if you process them acoustically.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

We have all had the experience of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.  We are asked to remember someone’s name.  We are certain that we know the name and feel as if we are just about to remember it, yet it remains elusive.  What type of forgetting might be at work here?

encoding failure
retroactive interference
retrieval failure
motivated forgetting

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following memories happen with conscious awareness?

Implicit Memories
Episodic Memories
Procedural Memories
Repressive Memories

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

repressed memories.
sensory memories
mood-congruent memories
flashbulb memories

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