AP Mod 33 S1 2021

a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. 

•  implicit memory
• echoic memory
• sensory memory
• flashbulb memory

the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. 

• proactive interference 
• retroactive interference
• serial position effect 
• spacing effect

a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second. 

• iconic memory
• implicit memory
• echoic memory
• working memory

Jo experienced a head injury during a cycling accident. A witness to Jo’s accident is likely to recall events most accurately if they

• A. return to the scene of the accident.
• B. are provided with leading questions.
• C. use a mnemonic device to remember the scene.
• D. are given the opportunity to ask Jo what happened.

Last year, Zoe was taught by Mrs Hopper. This year, Mrs Hopper teaches Zoe’s sister, Pia, but she often calls Pia by Zoe’s name. This is known as

• A. retrograde amnesia.
• B. anterograde amnesia.
• C. proactive interference.
•  D. retroactive interference.

After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his

• working Memory

• Long Term Memory

• Visual Memory

• Echoic Memory

Rephrasing a new definition in order to remember its meaning is

• Echoic Encoding
• Semantic Encoding
• Visual Encoding
• Auditory Encoding

According to the spacing effect, which of the following study methods would work best? 

• explaining physics to someone that hasn't taken the class
• learning physics by rereading your notebook
• studying physics everyday for 1 hour a day in the week leading to the test
• studying physics for an hour before a test

John was in a car accident and can no longer make new memories. He suffers from 

• retrograde amnesia
• anterograde amnesia
• serial position effect
• self-reference effect 

Sally got a virus that took away her ability to remember events before the virus. She has

• retrograde amnesia
• anterograde amnesia
• flashbulb memory
• state-dependent memory