Memory

Matilda asked Becky ‘how was your spring break?’ as Becky describes her vacation, she begins to feel guilty because she subconsciously recalls how her parents criticised her for taking a trip instead of getting caught up in her studies. Becky recollection of her vacation is an example of a(n) ______ memory and her feelings of guilt is an example of a(n) ______ memory.

• Semantic; episodic

• Explicit; implicit

• Implicit; explicit

• Episodic; semantic

The capacity of short-term memory is about (a)   items

Well studying diligently for his exam Raymond consumes massive quantities of sugar by drinking Coke Coca-Cola and eating grandma‘s cookies. The day of the exam, Raymond is careful to eat nutritious low sugar foods and drink lots of milk and water. During the exam, Raymond has trouble recalling what he had studied. This can be explained by:

• Context-specific memory

• Proactive inhibition

• State-dependent memory

• Retroactive inhibition

Using mnemonic strategies and the pq4r system to better remember course material are examples of the value of (a)   rehearsal

Deliberately trying to remember something means using your (a)   memory

James is going to the store to buy the following items, shampoo ice cream, bananas bread, juice, milk, toothpaste, and pretzels. Instead of making a list, he repeats the list over and overtime himself and comes home with only the shampoo ice cream and bananas. James was using _____ rehearsal and remembered only the first few items on the list due to the _____ effect.

• Maintenance: primacy

• Elaborating; primancy

• Elaborating; recency

• Maintenance; recency

Encoding is usually _____ in short-term memory and ______ in long-term memory

(a)  

Jana psychology lecture, your instructor uses the word university as a metaphor for social life. When he says the word university, lots of information comes to mind dorm rooms, students test perfection, textbook, pencils, and sporting events. The word has activated a:

• Sensory register

• Schema

• Semantic memory

• Script

Stimuli called (a)   help you recall information stored in long-term memory

According to the encoding specificity principle, which of the following would be the best retrieval queue for the following sentence? ‘The dog ate the bone.’

• Hungry animal

• Contains five words

• It’s a sentence

• You have heard it before