AP Psych Memory Quiz Practice

Which of the following memories happen with conscious awareness?

• Implicit Memories
• Episodic Memories
• Procedural Memories
• Repressive Memories

The process of getting information into memory is called_______

• priming
• chunking
• encoding
• storing

Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as

• the peg-word system.
• implicit memory.
• the serial position effect
• chunking

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

• repressed memories.
• sensory memories
• mood-congruent memories
• flashbulb memories

The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory

• explicit   
• short-term   
• implicit   
• sensory

Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an effective strategy for

• chunking
• priming
• automatic processing
• rehearsal

When you retrieve information with a retrieval cue this is called ______________ and without one is called ______________.

• recall; recognition

• recognition; recall

• implicit; explicit

• explicit; implicit

•When you hear familiar words in your native language, it is virtually impossible not to register the meanings of the words. This best illustrates the importance of:

• A. chunking.

• B. flashbulb memory.

• C. automatic processing.

• D. iconic memory.

•According to the serial position effect, you will remember more:

• A. items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle.

• B. items in the middle of a list, than at the beginning and end.

• C. vocabulary words if you process them visually.

• D. vocabulary words if you process them acoustically.

__________ is information that can be acquired, stored, and then retrieved