Cognition Practice

Learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information is known as:

• Memory

• Conditioning

• Introspection

• Insight

Before we can memorize information, first our brain has to organize it as it comes in from our senses. This is:

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Forgetting

For no reason at all, you decide remember that trip you took to Six Flags last year. This behavior is an example of:

• Encoding

• Relearning

• Recognition

• Recall

Part of our sensory memory, this refers to the visual information that we can hold on to for about 3/8ths of a second.

• Iconic

• Echoic

• Semantic

• Working

This type of encoding allows us to make meaningful connections between concepts in order to remember them better.

• Iconic

• Semantic

• Echoic

• Auditory

Information that we are currently thinking about, whether it's just been encoded or pulled from our long term memory, is handled by the:

• Working Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Anterograde Memory

George Miller and Herman Ebbinghaus both explored the limits of the short term memory. The number of items we can hold there is about ____ on average.

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 13

Automatically encoded memories of things like knowing how to ride a bike are known as:

• Explicit memories

• Episodic Memories

• Implicit Memories

• Semantic Memories

Which of the following brain parts is NOT directly involved in memory creation?

• Hippocampus

• Basal Ganglia

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

Condensing "194520011492" into "1945," "2001" and "1492" to make them easier to remember illustrates which principle?

• Mnemonics

• Hierarchies

• Method of Loci

• Chunking