Unit 7 Review

The process of getting information into memory is called

• priming

• chunking

• encoding

• storing

Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited capacity?

• echoic memory

• short term memory

• iconic memory

• long term memory

your consciously activated but limited capacity memory is called _________ memory

• short term

• implicit

• mood congruent

• explicit

The process of encoding refers to

• the persistence of learning over time

• getting information into memory

• the recall of information previously learned

• the motivated forgetting of painful memory

We can encode many sensory experiences simultaneously, some automatically, because of which property of the brain?

• serial position effect

• parallel processing

• explicit memory

• priming

encoding that occurs with no effort or a minimal level of conscious attention is known as

• recall

• long term potentiation

• automatic processing

• chunking

iconic memory refers to

• the encoding meaning of words and events in short term memory

• photogenic, or picture image, memory that lasts for only a few tenth of s second

• the visually encoded images in long term memory

• important events often encode through flashbulb memory

cerebellum is to ____ memory as hippocampus is to ______ memory

• implicit;explicit

• short term; long term

• iconic, echoic

• long term, short term

unlike implicit memories, explicit memories are processed by the

• hippocampus

• cerebellum

• hypothalamus

• motor cortez

the inability to recall which numbers on a telephone dial are not accompanied by letters is most likely due to

• encoding failure

• spacing effect

• retroactive interference

• serial position effect