Memory Quiz

When Benito was five he cut his leg on some glass and needed stitches. Years later, his mother tells him the scar came from being bit by a dog. Now, when people ask about his scar he distinctly remembers the dog biting him. This is an example of the ________.

• Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm

• equipotentiality hypothesis

• levels of processing theory

• misinformation effect paradigm

__________ amnesia is a condition in which a person can remember previously encoded memories but cannot encode new ones.

• retrograde

• proactive

• anterograde

• retroactive

Elaine wakes up in the hospital with a head injury. She gets to know her doctors and nurses over time, but it soon becomes clear that she has no memories from before she woke up in the hospital. Elaine has ________ amnesia.

• anterograde

• flashbulb

• graduated

• retrograde

What type of memories do we consciously try to remember and recall?

• A.) explicit memories

• B.) implicit memories

• C.) sensory memories

• D.) short-term memories

What is episodic memory?

• A.) information about events we have personally experienced

• B.) knowledge about words, concepts, and language-based knowledge and facts

• C.) storage of facts and events we have personally experienced

• D.) type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things.

Elaborative rehearsal involves ________.

• A.) immediately applying new information to a practical problem

• B.) organizing information into manageable bits or chunks

• C.) sleeping immediately after learning new information to allow your mind to process it

• D.) thinking about the meaning of the new information and its relation to knowledge already stored in your memory

How is an explicit memory different from an implicit memory?

• A.) Explicit memories are memories we consciously try to remember and recall, while implicit memories are those that are not part of our consciousness.

• B.) Explicit memories are memories that we have directly experienced, while implicit memories are memories that someone else directly experienced.

• C.) Explicit memories are memories that we unconsciously remember, while implicit memories are those that we consciously remember.

• D.) Implicit memories are memories we consciously try to remember and recall, while explicit memories are those that are not part of our consciousness.

From a cognitive psychology perspective, why is getting plenty of sleep the night before an exam important?

• A.) A good night of sleep inhibits the experience of retroactive interference

• B.) It decreases the likelihood of experiencing transience of memories

• C.) It makes sure that your neurons are firing at peak speed and efficiency

• D.) It allows for consolidation of studied material in long-term memory.

The act of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness is known as _________.

• A.) encoding

• B.) hyperthymesia

• C.) retrieval

• D.) storage

What is the set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over different periods of time?

• A.) automatic processing

• B.) effortful processing

• C.) memory

• D.) sensory encoding