8-2 Memory

Explicit memory is to long-term memory as iconic memory is to ________memory

• Sensory

• Short Term

• Flashbulb

• Auditory

• State Dependent

For a moment after hearing his dog’s high pitched bark, Mr. Silvers has a vivid auditory impression of the dog’s yelp. His experience most clearly illustrates ______ memory.

• Short Term

• Iconic

• Mood Congruent

• Echoic

• Implicit

Our immediate short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly ___________ bits of information

• 3

• 7

• 12

• 24

• 50

The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as

• chunking

• The next in line effect

• Automatic processing

• Long term potentiation

• Proactive Interference

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

• Sensory Memories

• Flashbulb Memories

• Mood congruent memories

• Repressed memories

• Semantic memories

A retention of skills and dispositions without conscious recollection is known as ______________ memory.

• State Dependent

• Flashbulb

• Short term

• Sensory

• Implicit