Memory Review (AP)

Match the following

• remembering something with the help of a cue

• chunking

• remembering something without a cue

• priming

• When exposure to a certain stimulus influences the response to a subsequent stimulus

• recall

• repeating information to prolong its presence in the STM

• recogntion

• combining or grouping bits of related information to enhance memory

• rehearsal

Match the following

• getting information into the brain

• encoding

• recalling information held in the brain

• memory

• learning that has continued over time

• retrieval

• keeping information in the brain

• storage

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

• stage in which informative knowledge is held indefinitely

• echoic memory

• very brief information gathered from 5 senses

• short term memory

• Small amounts of information are stored up to 30 seconds

• long-term memory

• brief auditory memories

• iconic memory

• brief visual memories

• sensory memory

​ (a)   is when new learning impedes the ability to remember old information, while ​ (b)   is when old learning impedes the ability to learn new things

• Retroactive Interference
• Proactive Interference
• Effortful Processing 
• Automatic Processing

the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, that influence a person's perception or memory

•  memory

• encoding

•  priming

• chunking

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

• retrograde amnesia.

• anterograde amnesia.

• proactive interference.

• 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

Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity?

• echoic memory
• long-term memory
• short-term memory
• state-dependent memory

​ (a)   concept of ​ "The magical number 7 plus or minus 2" refers to the storage capacity of ​ (b)   memory. 

• short-term
• long-term
• sensory
• George Miller's
• Elizabeth Loftin's

Match the different types of long-term memories

• skills that involve how to do something

• procedural

• automatic memories that do not require conscious effort

• implicit

• impersonal memories that involve every day, common knowledge

• semantic

• personal stories & experiences a person can recall

• episodic

• memories that require effortful processing to remember

• explicit