Memory Psychology Review

What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Encoding

• Interference

The average person can hold in short-term memory a list of

• 20 items

• 7 items

• 10 items

• 5 items

This question is an example of what kind of retrieval process

• Recall

• Recognition

• Relearning

• Reiteration

This type of question is an example of _____ retrieval process?

Elvis Guitar Broke Down Friday helps me remember the order of musical notes. This is an example of

• The method of loci

• Spark Notes

• Cornell Notes

• Mnemonic Device

Please answer YES or NO precisely as you see it here: The correct order of the three stages of memory are Short-term memory, sensory memory, long term memory.

Method used to increase the amount of information one can hold in their short-term memory

• Chucking

• Gapping

• Method of Groups

• The undertaker method

Chunking, mnemonics, and rehearsal are all ways of _______ information

• Relearning

• Priming

• Encoding

• Retrieving

It took me 8 times to originally memorize a list of 15 words. The next day it took me 4 rehearsals to memorize the same list. What is the savings?

• 5

• 6

• 3

• 4

What part of the brain controls your ability to make new memories?

• Hippocampus

• Thalamus

• Cerebral Cortex

• Amygdala