Memory

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

Which of the following has limited storage capacity?

• Short Term Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Sensory Memory

Which of the following is not related to forgetting?

• Retroactive interference
• Repression
• Decay
• Long term potentiation

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

What is the worst way to form long term memories?

• Having a strong emotional experience to a memory.
• Spaced Practice
• Elaborative Rehearsal
• Mass Practice

According to _________ theory, you are likely to form memories that mirror your emotional state.

• Mood congruent
• Mood dependent
• episodic memory
• priming

Which of the following has a tendency to be the hardest way to learn something?

• When positive transfer occurs.
• Using shallow processing.
• Using elaborative rehearsal
• Using deep processing.

Which brain part is responsible for facilitating explicit memories?

• brain stem
• cerebellum
• amygdala
• hippocampus