Module 32: Memory Storage and Retrieval

When you're happy, you're more likely to remember happy memories. The same goes for when you're sad. This is known as

• mood congruence

• context dependent memory

• the serial position effect

• magic

You're more likely to remember the FIRST and LAST items on a list. This is known as the

• serial position effect

• mood congruence

• mere exposure effect

• priming

Automatic processing is used for _______________ memory.

• explicit

• implicit

Effortful processing is used in _______________ memory.

• explicit

• implicit

A fill-in-the-blank question causes you to use ____________________.

• recall

• recogntion

• relearning

• flashbulb memory

A multiple choice question causes you to use ____________________.

• recall

• recogntion

• relearning

• flashbulb memory

Our tendency to recall items at the BEGINNING of a list is called _________________.

• primacy effect

• recency effect

• mood congruence

• priming

The exposure to a stimulus influences response to a later stimulus.

• priming

• primacy effect

• recency effect

• mood congruence

Significantly emotional events can trigger vivid memories called _______________.

• flashbulb memories

• false memories

• explicit memories

Which TWO parts of the brain are most related to EXPLICIT MEMORIES?

• frontal lobes

• hippocampus

• amygdala

• basal ganglia