Memory Psychology

The process of getting information into memory is called_______

• priming
• chunking
• encoding
• storing

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

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

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

Your ability to immediately recognize the voice over the phone as your mother's illustrates the value of

• chunking
• acoustic encoding
• implicit memory
• state-dependent memory

Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an effective strategy for

• chunking
• priming
• automatic processing
• rehearsal

Which of the following has limited storage capacity?

• Short Term Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Sensory Memory

If you watch a sequel to movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing...

• Repressive Memories
• Proactive Interference
• Retroactive Interference
• Memory Decay

is the ability to retain information over time

• memory

• chunking

• dancing

• reherarsing

This is the first process of placing information in the memory

• incoming information

• encoding

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

the process of placing encoded information into permanent mental state is called

• storage

• sensory memory

• short-term memory

• long-term memory