Forgetting and Memory Distortion (Unit 5)

Which of the following has limited storage capacity?

• Short Term Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Sensory Memory

Memory decay is fastest for which type of memory?

• Sensory Memory
• Short Term Memory
• Working Memory
• Long Term Memory

Which brain part is responsible for facilitating explicit memories?

• brain stem
• cerebellum
• amygdala
• hippocampus

Memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before

• recognition

• recall

• storage

• retrieval

The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

• encoding

• retrieval

• chunking

• recognition

Fading away of memory over time

• interference

• confabulation

• schemas

• decay

blockage of memory by previous or subsequent memories or loss of a retrieval cue

• confabulation

• decay

• interference

• episodic

The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it

• retrieval

• storage

• encoding

• confabulation

The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

• encoding

• recognition

• chunking

• episodic

The process by which information is maintained over a period of time

• encoding

• confabulation

• procedural

• storage