AP PSYCH UNIT 7 Cognition (first half - Memory)

the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage. 

• rehearsal
• retrieval
• relearning
• recall

the process of getting information out of memory storage. 

• recall 
• rehearsal
• priming
• retrieval

the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system. 

• echoic memory
• sensory memory
• working memory
• short term memory

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

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

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

• relearning 
• chunking 
• encoding
• priming

the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response. 

•  memory
• encoding
•  priming
• chunking

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

Madeleine was a lawyer who had a very big court case to prepare. Madeleine found it much easier to recall her opening address in court when she rehearsed it first in the empty courtroom. This is most likely due to

• A. elaborative rehearsal.
• B. state-dependent cues.
• C. context-dependent cues.
• D. the use of narrative chaining.

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

• Short-Term Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Visual Memory
• Echoic Memory