Memory

Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world

• procedural

• semantic

• chunking

• schemas

The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

• encoding

• retrieval

• chunking

• recognition

The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it

• retrieval

• storage

• encoding

• confabulation

What type of memory makes it possible for you to watch a movie without noticing the gaps between the frames?

• semantic memory

• sensory memory

• episodic memory

• procedural memory

Knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings, is called

• iconic memory.

• working memory.

• episodic memory.

• semantic memory.

If you relate new information to material that you already know, you are practicing

• elaborative rehearsal.

• chunking.

• the Method of Loci.

• the spacing effect.

If you recite the rhyme "Thirty days has September, April, June, and November" to remember the number of days in each month, you are using a(n)

• mental picture.

• mnemonic device.

• schema.

• mental picture.

The first stage of memory that involves information bombarding us every second.  

• sensory memory
• short-term memory
• automatic processing
• effortful processing

Information can be held in this storage bank for around 30 seconds with out rehearsal.

• short-term memory
• long-term memory
• sensory memory
• visual encoding

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

• explicit   
• short-term   
• implicit   
• sensory