PSY UNIT VI REVIEW: Memory

How long does information in short-memory last?

• several seconds

• several minutes

• several hours

• several days

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

• storage

• retrieval

• encoding

• interference

What is memory in which people recall events in great detail called?

• semantic memory

• implicit memory

• flashbulb memory

• iconic memory

What is chunking?

• Elaboration of information in

  short-term memory storage into long-term memory

• Process of passing information from sensory memory to short- term memory

• Actual storage process of information in

  long-term memory

• Method to increase amount of information one can hold in

  short-term memory

General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned it is contained in what type of memory?

• episodic

• semantic

• implicit

• procedural

ROY G BIV is a fictitious name used to help remember the order of color in the color spectrum.

ROY G BIV is an example of what?

• the method of loci

• a mnemonic device

• working memory

• memoranda

What are the three stages of memory in order?

• Long-term memory, short-term memory, sensory memory

• Short-term memory, long-term memory, sensory memory

• Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

• Sensory memory, long-term memory, short-term memory

Ty had an accident causing brain damage. He has lost memory for all events AFTER his accident.

What is his type of amnesia?

• retrograde

• anterograde

• primary

• secondary

How many items can the average person hold from a list in their short-term memory?

• five items

• eight items

• seven items

• nine items

Chunking, mnemonics and rehearsal are all ways of what type of information?

• Relearning

• Priming

• Encoding

• Retrieving