Memory Review Questions

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

• retrieval

• storage

• encoding

• interference

The average person can hold a list of ___________ items in their short-term memory.

• five

• eight

• seven

• ten

This multiple choice question is an example of what kind of retrieval process?

• recall

• recognition

• relearning

• reiteration

General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned is contained in ________________ memory.

• episodic

• implicit

• procedural

• semantic

ROY G BIV is a fictitious name people use to help them remember the order of colors in the visible light spectrum. ROY G BIV is an example of __________________.

• The method of loci

• A mnemonic device

• Chunking

• A memoranda

What are the three stages of the Atkinson-Shiffrin Multi-Store Model of memory in order?

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

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

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

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

Chunking is...

• the consolidation of information in short-term memory storage into long-term memory storage

• the process of passing information from sensory memory to short-term memory

• a method used to process information more deeply

• a method used to increase the amount of information one can hold in short-term memory

Robert was in an auto accident and now he has difficulty remembering anything new. He can remember everything prior to his accident, but nothing since the accident. His doctors suspect that his ___________________ has been damaged.

• hippocampus

• thalamus

• amygdala

• cerebellum

Cameron was trying to learn the new plays his new basketball coach had devised for the team.

Unfortunately, Cameron found he was having trouble learning the new plays because he kept confusing them with the plays he had learned with his old coach last season. Cameron is experiencing __________ interference.

• retroactive

• proactive

• anterograde

• encoding

A type of memory in which people can recall the event in great detail is called a __________.

• semantic memory

• implicit memory

• flashbulb memory

• iconic memory