Unit 5 Cognitive Psych WEAK TERMS

Match the following terms related to memory

• forms memories; process explicit memory

• information processing

• implicit memories

• hippocampus

• memory of facts, ideas, concepts

• semantic memories

• memory of ingrained tasks (procedures)

• implicit memory

• encoding- storage- retrieval

• cerebellum

Brushing your teeth would be an example of

• implicit memory

• explicit memory

• working memory

• episodic memories

Salem forces you to change your password after two years. After just a few weeks, you have a lot of trouble remembering your old password. This is an example of--

• retrograde amnesia

• anterograde amnesia

• proactive interference

• retroactive interference

Memory of your vocabulary in AP Psychology would be an example of

• implicit memory

• working memory

• iconic memory

• explicit memory

Mr. Ingerson tells you are story about jumping off a cliff. This is an example of a(n)

• episodic memory

• implicit memory

• working memory

• procedural memory

You are at the prom. Which part of the brain will process this memory first?

•  amygdala

• basal ganglia

• hippocampus

• cerebellum

Reorder the following the parts of the Information Processing Theory

• storage

• encoding

• retrieval

What is the first stage of memory?

• Sensory Memory

• Working Memory

• Long-term Memory

• Explicit Memory

Your mother calls you and gives you a grocery list. You think of each item by picturing them in your mind. As a result, you remember all five. Mom is happy. This technique is called:

• mental imagery

• method of loci

• maintenance rehearsal

• acoustic encoding

The 50th percentile of a normal distribution IQ test is

• 120

• 100

• 80

• 110