Memory

The ability to remember the first and last items on a list more readily than the ones in the middle is called the ___________ effect.

• mnemonic device

• semantic encoding

• serial position

• distributed practice

What memory storage system hold the information you are thinking about right now?

• short-term/working memory

• sensory memory

• long-term memory

• flashbulb memory

Hermann Ebbinghaus's research established the importance of ______.

• mnemonic devices

• semantic encoding

• the serial position effect

• rehearsal

Short-term/working memory ________.

• holds a lot of information and lasts a long time.

• holds a lot of information but only lasts a short time.

• doesn't hold much information but lasts a long time.

• doesn't hold much information and only lasts a short time.

An example of an implicit memory is remembering __________.

• details of a trip to your grandparents' house last summer.

• how to walk.

• your cell phone number.

• how to change Wi-Fi networks on your cell phone.

Sara, a seventh grader, tries to remember the name of her first-grade teacher but can only remember her fifth-grade teacher's name. This is an example of ______.

• proactive interference

• the misinformation effect

• motivated forgetting

• retroactive interference

For a few minutes, Carlos couldn't remember the name of his math teacher from last year. Then, it popped back into his head. What is the most likely explanation for Carlos forgetting the name?

• encoding failure

• storage failure

• permastore failure

• retrieval failure

Which type of encoding plays a larger role in creating lasting memories because the information has meaning to you?

• acoustic

• recency

• visual

• semantic

The tendency for retrieval memory to be better when your mood matches the mood at the time of encoding is called ___________.

• mnemonics

• recognition

• mood-congruent memory

• tip-of-the tongue

Ebbinghaus discovered that 70% of learning is forgotten after the first _________ hours of learning.

• 9

• 24

• 3

• 49