Quiz - Memory, Thinking, and Problem Solving

A ​ (a)   memory is a vivid, long-lasting memory about a ​ (b)   or shocking event that has happened in the ​ (c)   .

• flashbulb
• past
• surprising

Put these in the correct order

• long-term memory

• sensory memory

• short-term or working memory

How many items can be stored in short term memory?

• 100s

• 7

• unlimited

How much information can be stored in long-term memory?

• 10 GB

• 200 GB

• 1,000 TB

• Unlimited

When our brains tend to remember the first and last items on a list this is because of ______

• recall

• chunking

• serial position effect

Reorder the following - Process of memory

• encoding

• retrieval

• storage

Match the following

• preserving material in long term memory

• retrieval

• accessing memory to use when needed

• storage

• integrating info into memory (learning)

• encoding

Episodic memory is like an _____ of your life

• fact

• episode

• emotion

semantic memories are just the ​ (a)  

• facts
• emotions
• episodes

​ (a)   is a system for remembering that involves ​ (b)   information to oneself ​ (c)   attempting to find ​ (d)   in it.

• Maintenance rehearsal
• repeating
• without
• meaning