Memory & Intelligence Review (Unit 4)

The multistore model of memory includes all of the following, EXCEPT:

• a. short-term memory

• b. long-term memory

• c. explicit memory

• d. sensory memory

In the context of memory, what is the term for the tendency to recall the last items in a list better?

• Recency Effect

• Retrieval Failure

• Recognition

• State-dependent memory

Which term describes the tendency to recall information better in the same physiological or emotional condition in which it was learned?

• a. Retrieval cues

• b. Context-dependent memory

• c. State-dependent memory

• d. Recognition

Which of the following terms describes the psychological phenomenon that makes “[phone]” easier to efficiently memorize than “7628540245”?

• a. Mnemonics

• c. Testing effect

• d. Categorization

• d. Chunking

The ability to easily ride a bike again after years of not riding one is an example of

• a. Explicit memory

• c. Implicit memory

• d. Episodic memory

• d. Sensory memory

A basic assumption underlying short-term memory is that it is

• a. limited in capacity

• b. unlimited in capacity

• c. long-lasting

• d. not under conscious control

• e. resistant to decay

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

• a. Recalling a daughter’s wedding day vividly

• b. Recalling the equation to determine the volume of a cylinder

• c. Remembering how to swing a golf club

• d. Incorrectly remembering a time when a song got lost in a mall

• e. Remembering feeling frightened when hearing the theme song to a popular horror movie

To help himself remember the name of his new colleague, Hope, Jose thinks about the meaning of her name—the feeling of hopefulness. Which of the following concepts best corresponds to Jose’s strategy?

• a. Chunking

• b. Long-term potentiation

• c. Semantic encoding

• d. Self-reference

• e. Imagery

Which process transfers information from sensory memory to short-term memory?

• a. Attention

• b. Cognition

• c. Differentiation

• d. perception

• e. Sensation

Kevin and Jonathan see each other for the first time in twenty years at a class reunion. They immediately recall the winning play of the state championship game they played in together as seniors in high school.

• short-term memory.

• iconic memory.

• procedural memory

• episodic memory