Unit 6 Test

A fill in the blank test is a type of retrieval known as ___

• Recognition

• Recall

• Retroactive retrieval

• Proactive retrieval

____ are memory tricks that aid in encoding, like PEMDAS and HOMES.

• Chunking

• Rehearsal

• Mnemonic devices

• Word association

The correct order of memory is ____, short term memory and then long term memory.

• Working memory

• Sensory memory

• Split-second memory

• Sensory and perception

_____ is a type of retrieval where you pick the information out of a number of targets, for example, a multiple choice test.

• Recognition

• Recall

• Retroactive retrieval

• Proactive retrieval

You have successfully memorized twenty vocabulary terms for your biology test tomorrow. This is an example of ___ memories.

• Implicit

• Explicit

• Episodic

• Flashbulb

A great way to help remember numbers is to group them together in to more familiar bits of information. This is known as

• Mnemonic devices

• Rehearsal

• Chunking

• Retroactive recall

___ is our tendency to recall items at the end of a list.

• Recency effect

• Primacy effect

• Serial positioning effect

• Misinformation effect

Our short term memory can hold ___ items for 20-30 seconds.

• 3 plus or minus 2

• 7 plus or minus 2

• 9 plus or minus 2

• 10

___ memories are very vivid, detailed memories of an emotionally significant event, like a car accident.

• Mood congruent

• State dependent

• Flashbulb

• Eyewitness

___ is when recent information blocks out old information.

• Retroactive interference

• Proactive interference

• Misinformation effect

• Storage decary