AP Psychology Memory

The process of getting information into memory is called_______

• priming
• chunking
• encoding
• storing

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

• mnemonic device

• implicit memory.

• the serial position effect

• chunking

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

• repressed memories.
• sensory memories
• mood-congruent memories
• flashbulb memories

The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory

• explicit   
• short-term   
• implicit   
• sensory

Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an example of

• chunking

• deep processing

• elaboration rehearsal

• maintenance rehearsal

When you retrieve information with a retrieval cue this is called ______________ and without one is called ______________.

• recall; recognition

• recognition; recall

• implicit; explicit

• explicit; implicit

The human capacity for storing long-term memories is

• roughly equal to seven units of information
• enhanced through hypnosis
• essentially unlimited
• typically much greater in young children than in adults

Understanding rap lyrics illustrates the value of

• acoustic encoding

• mood-congruent memory

• priming

• the spacing effect

Iconic memory refers to

• visually encoded images in long-term memory

• the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory

• photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a second

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.

• vocabulary words if you process them acoustically.