AP Psychology Memory Quiz

A fill-in-the-blank test is a good example of:

• Recall

• Recognition

• Relearning

• Retrieval

In Atkinson and Shiffrin's three-stage memory processing model we record information in which order?

• Short-term memory, sensory memory, encoded memory

• Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

• Sensory memory, encoded memory, long-term memory

• Short-term memory, long-term memory, sensory memory

The ______________________ is a relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of your memory system.

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Sensory memory

• Echoic memory

Ricardo distributes his study time rather than cramming because he wants to retain the information for the long term. He is using the:

• Semantic encoding

• Next-in-line effect

• Serial position effect

• Spacing effect

Students who review previously learned course material at various times throughout a semester to pass the AP Psychology Exam are especially likely to demonstrate long-term retention of the course material. This best illustrates the value of

• Implicit memory

• The serial position effect

• Parallel processing

• The spacing effect

Although Samuel could not recall the exact words of a letter he had recently heard, he clearly remembered the meaning of the letter. This best illustrates the importance of

• Semantic encoding

• Mood-congruent memory

• The serial position effect

• Implicit memory

Employing the single word HOMES to remember the names of North America’s five Great Lakes best illustrates the use of:

• Imagination inflation

• The serial position effect

• Parallel processing

• A mnemonic device

During her evening Spanish language exam, Jariel so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon. Her difficulty best illustrates

• The spacing effect

• Proactive interference

• Source amnesia

• Retroactive interference

Combining individual letters into familiar words enables you to remember more of the letters in this sentence. This best illustrates the value of

• The spacing effect

• Iconic memory

• Chunking

• The serial position effect

ROYG BIV is a fictitious name people use to help them remember the order of colors in the color spectrum. ROY G BIV is an example of:

• The method of loci

• A mnemonic device

• Working memory

• Memoranda