Chapter 6 - Memory

A stimulus or group of stimuli that are perceived as a discrete piece of information.

• Echo

• Schema

• Chunk

• Savings

Preserved experiences that are often in detail.

• Flashbulb Memories

• Long-Term Memory

• Short-Term Memory

• Echoic Memory

Also known as "working memory."

• Long-Term Memory

• Echoic Memory

• Maintenance Rehearsal

• Short-Term Memory

Also referred to as "nondeclarative memory."

• Implicit Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Retrospective Memory

• Semantic Memory

Memories of the events that happen to a person are __________ memories.

• semantic

• flashbulb

• episodic

• implicit

The process of modifying information so that we can place it in memory is called

• storing

• memorizing

• encoding

• programming

In ___________ interference, older learning interferes with the capacity to retrieve more recently learned material.

• retroactive

• spacial

• rehearsal

• proactive

Mentally repeating a list or saying to yourself refers to

• metamemory

• elaborative rehearsal

• retrospective rehearsal

• maintenance rehearsal

Tracy took tennis lessons when she was very young but had not played tennis for years when she decided to enroll in a tennis class at college. A moment after she picked up her racket, she realized with surprise that she had shifted it to the correct forehand grip without even thinking. Tracy's __________ memory made this possible.

• implicit

• episodic

• psychomotor

• semantic

Which of the following things benefit overall brain health and memory.

• Exercise

• Good eating habits

• Proper amount of sleep

• All of the above