AP Psych - Memory

Which one of the following rehearsal strategies would be most effective in remembering the name of someone you just met?

• Maintenance rehearsal

• Rote rehearsal

• Proactive rehearsal

• Retroactive rehearsal

• Elaborative rehearsal

When play my saxophone, I'm using what type of memory?

• Procedural memory

• Semantic memory

• Conditioning

• Sensory memory

• Episodic memory

If you studied French in high school, you might have a hard time learning Spanish vocabulary words in college because of:

• Decay

• Dual processing

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Generalization

Damage to or removal of what part of the brain can cause anterograde amnesia?

• Cerebellum

• Corpus callosum

• Hippocampus

• Hypothalamus

• Thalamus

“Last night, I ate Chipotle for dinner” is an example of what type of memory?

• Episodic

• Flashbulb

• Procedural

• Semantic

• Prospective

Which of the following is an example of prospective memory?

• Remembering how to play checkers

• Remembering how to ride a bike

• Remembering the capital of Georgia

• Remembering your third birthday

• Remembering to buy your sister a birthday present next week.

Suppose you are absorbed in reading a novel and a friend asks you a question. You stop reading and ask, “What did you say?” As soon as the words leave your mouth, you realize you can recall your friend’s exact words. What is the reason for your ability to play back these words?

• Iconic memory

• Echoic memory

• Semantic memory

• Long-term memory

• Prospective memory

While walking home from a party drunk, Jeff witnessed a crime. When questioned by the police the following day, he could not remember what he saw. After drinking some liquor, Jeff remembered the crime. Th is phenomenon best illustrates:

• The framing effect

• Anterograde amnesia

• State-dependent memory

• Proactive interference

• Source amnesia

Working memory is a part of

• Sensory memory

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Echoic memory

• Eidetic memory

Linda looks up a telephone number for take-out pizza. She repeats it over and over as she dials the number. However, after giving her order and hanging up, she has forgotten the number. Th is is an example of the use of what memory process?

• Short-term memory

• Sensory memory

• Automatic processing

• Echoic memory

• Iconic memory