Memory Quiz

The process of getting information into memory is called

• priming

• chunking

• encoding

• registering

• storing

The process of getting information out of memory is called

• priming

• encoding

• relearning

• retrieval

• rehearsal

Some information in our fleeting

After looking up his friend's phone number, Alex was able to remember it only long enough to dial it correctly. In this case, the telephone number was clearly stored in his

• echoic

• short-term

• flashbulb

• long-term

• implicit

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system is called

• sensory

• state-dependent

• long-term

• flashbulb

• implicit

In an effort to remember how to spell 'rhinoceros,' Samantha spells the word aloud 30 times. She is using a technique known as

• priming

• rehearsal

• the peg-word system

• chunking

• the serial position effect

Which pioneering researcher made extensive use of nonsense syllables in the study of human memory?

• Pavlov

• James

• Loftus

• Freud

• Ebbinghaus

Jamille performs better on foreign language vocabulary tests if she studies the material 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates what is known as

• the spacing effect

• the serial position effect

• mood-congruent memory

• chunking

• automatic processing

The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ____effect.

On the telephone, Dominic rattles off a list of 10 grocery items for Kyoko to bring home from the store. Immediately after hearing the list, Kyoko attempts to write down the items. She is most likely to forget the items

• at the beginning of the list

• at the end of the list

• in the middle of the list

• at the beginning and in the middle of the list

• at the middle and the end of the list