Memory Quiz

Memory of facts, words, and concepts is an example of

• Episodic Memory

• Semantic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Visual Memory

Memory of a specific event is an example of

• Episodic Memory

• Semantic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Visual Memory

Learned Skills such as riding a bike or throwing a ball are examples of

• Episodic Memory

• Semantic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Visual Memory

What is the brains first step of processing information?

• Recognition

• Encoding

• Storage

• Retrieval

Repetition of information to keep from forgetting

• semantic code

• acoustic memorization

• maintenance rehersal

• elaborative rehersal

Relating new information to information already known

• encoding

• retrieval

• elaborative rehearsal

• maintenance rehearsal

What different types of coding does the mind use?

• Visual, acoustic, and semantic

• semantic, implicit, and episodic

• visual, implicit, and episodic

• acoustic, semantic, and implicit

We forget certain things on purpose without even knowing it. Often memories that are painful or unpleasant. This is an example of....

• interference

• decay

• amnesia

• repression

Severe memory loss often caused by trauma to the brain

• decay

• amnesia

• repression

• interference

people forget the period leading up to the event

• retrograde

• anterograde