Memory Chapter

Memory has four essential processes-encoding, storage, retrieval, and consolidation.

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Short-term memory can hold about 12 plus or minus 2 bits of information.

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Declarative memory can be divided into semantic memory and episodic memory.

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Recall is a type of memory retrieval in which the information to be retrieved must be "pulled" out of memory with few or no cues.

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Hindsight bias is the process of altering memories of the past so that they are more in line with accurate information that is learned later-the "Monday morning quarterback" effect.

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The misinformation effect refers to the tendency of people who are asked misleading questions or given misleading information to incorporate that information into their memories of a particular event.

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When old information interferes with the retrieval of newer information, this is called retroactive interference.

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The first step in the memory process is ________ information in a form that the memory system can use.

• encoding
• storing
• retrieving
• evaluating
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________ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

• Encoding
• Storage
• Retrieval
• Evaluation
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Which of the following statements is TRUE about retrieval?

• It is a process that allows an extinguished CR to recover.
• It is a process of getting stored memories back out into consciousness.
• It is a process of getting information from the sensory receptors to the brain.
• It is the reason that conditioned taste aversions last so long.
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