PSY Chp 7 Test

Memory of a specific event is called ______ memory.

• long-term

• short-term

• episodic

• semantic

Memories that are retrieved because the mood in which they were originally encoded is recreated are called _____ memory.

• state-dependent

• long-term

• semantic

• short-term

The tendency to recall the first items in a series is called the ___ ____.

• recency effect

• short-term memory

• semantic memory

• primary effect

The stage of memory that consists of information to be remembered more than just briefly is called ____ memory.

• long-term

• short-term

• semantic

• episodic

____ codes records something in your memory as a sequence of sounds.

• Visual

• Acoustic

• Semantic

• Encoded

Rehearsing for a play by repeating lines over and over again is an example of ____ _____.

• elaborative rehearsal

• semantic memory

• sound encoding

• maintenance rehearsal

Difficulty retrieving memories because they are not organized or complete memories is called _____.

• tip of the tongue

• forgetfulness

• encoding errors

• semantic memory

Learning to use a computer is an example of a kind of memory called ____ memory.

• explicit

• semantic

• implicit

• episodic

The stage of memory that consists of the immediate, initial recording of information that has entered through a person's senses is called ____ memory.

• sensory

• semantic

• episodic

• long-term

The tendency to recall the last items in a series is called the ____ _____.

• primary effect

• recency effect

• encoding retrieval

• semantic memory