Memory AP Psych

a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. 

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

a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test. 

• recall 
• memory 
• rehearsal
• recognition

the process of getting information out of memory storage. 

• recall 
• rehearsal
• priming
• retrieval

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

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

the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences. 

• short-term memory
• sensory memory 
• long-term memory
• iconic memory

organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically. 

• relearning 
• chunking 
• encoding
• priming

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

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

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