Memory Quiz

is the ability to retain information over time

• memory

• chunking

• dancing

• reherarsing

This is the first process of placing information in the memory

• incoming information

• encoding

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

the process of placing encoded information into permanent mental state is called

• storage

• sensory memory

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

Which of the following best describes chunking?

• replacing what is already stored with new information

• organizing items into familiar or manageable units

• fading of memory in bits and pieces.

• recalling the last items in a series

Your grandmother can describe vivid memories of what she was doing when she first learned that John F. Kennedy had been killed. Her ability to do this is called

• procedural memory

• sensory memory

• flashbulb memory

• eidetic memory

What are the components of memory?

• long term memory, sensory memory, the amygdala

• Basal Ganglia, amygdala, hippocampus

• Encoding, storage, retrieval

• Storage, memory, hippocampus

John believes Curious George has always had a tale this might be an example of...

• A cognitive disorder

• A false memory

• Blindsight

• Not studying enough

This part of the brain deals with stress and emotions. In very stressful or intense memory can be affected

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus

• Occipital Lobe

• Basal Ganglia

Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as

• the peg-word system.
• implicit memory.
• the serial position effect
• chunking

Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an effective strategy for

• chunking
• priming
• automatic processing
• rehearsal