Memory and Learning Quiz 2024

The process of getting information into memory is called

• priming.

• chunking.

• encoding.

• registering.

• storing.

The process of retrieval refers to

• the persistence of learning over time.

• the organization of information into manageable units.

• getting information out of memory storage.

• conscious repetition of information to be remembered.

• the identification of information previously learned.

To recognize the active information processing that occurs in short-term memory, researchers have characterized it as (a)   memory.

During the course of a day, people may unconsciously encode the sequence of the day's events. This best illustrates

• the spacing effect.

• automatic processing.

• sensory memory.

• echoic memory.

• short-term memory.

Explicit memory is to long-term memory as iconic memory is to ________ memory.

• sensory

• short-term

• flashbulb

• implicit

• state-dependent

Our immediate short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly ________ bits of information.

• 3

• 7

• 12

• 24

• 50

The tendency for distributed study to yield better long-term retention than massed study is known as the ________ effect.

• the serial position effect.

• state-dependent memory.

• the spacing effect.

• long-term potentiation.

• chunking.

Visually associating five items needed from the grocery store with mental images of a bun, a shoe, a tree, a door, and a hive best illustrates the use of

• the spacing effect.

• implicit memory.

• the testing effect.

• the peg-word system.

• serial position effect.

The process by which information is encoded by its meaning is called

• long-term potentiation.

• automatic processing.

• rehearsal.

• mnemonic encoding.

• semantic encoding.

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

• serial position

• misinformation

• mnemonic

• priming

• spacing