LEARNING PSYCH

The process of converting sensory input into a form that the brain can process and store is called:

• A. Retrieval

• B. Storage

• C. Encoding

• D. Rehearsal

• E. Recognition

The initial stage in memory where sensory input is briefly held before further processing is called the:

• A. Short-Term Memory

• B. Long-Term Memory

• C. Sensory Register

• D. Working Memory

• E. Attention Span

The type of memory used to hold a phone number you just heard while dialing is:

• A. Sensory Register

• B. Short-Term Memory (STM) / Working Memory

• C. Long-Term Memory

• D. Episodic Memory

• E. Semantic Memory

The memory process that allows stored information to be recalled is called:

• A. Storage

• B. Encoding

• C. Consolidation

• D. Retrieval

• E. Recognition

Converting a list of vocabulary words into a form that can be remembered later is an example of:

• A. Retrieval

• B. Encoding

• C. Storage

• D. Activation

• E. Priming

The type of memory that allows you to remember events from childhood is called:

• A. Sensory Register

• B. Short-Term Memory

• C. Working Memory

• D. Long-Term Memory

• E. Procedural Memory

During an exam, the process of recalling vocabulary definitions from long-term memory is called:

• A. Encoding

• B. Consolidation

• C. Retrieval

• D. Storage

• E. Rehearsal

What type of amnesia involves the inability to form new long-term memories after an event?

• A. Retrograde Amnesia

• B. Primacy Effect

• C. Anterograde Amnesia

• D. Recency Effect

• E. Proactive Interference

Which term describes the tendency to remember the first items in a list better due to increased attention?

• A. Recency Effect

• B. Primacy Effect

• C. Retrograde Amnesia

• D. Encoding Failure

• E. Retroactive Interference

If information is not encoded properly, it cannot be retrieved later. This is known as forgetting due to:

• A. Decay in Storage

• B. Encoding Failure

• C. Loss of Cues

• D. Retroactive Interference

• E. Proactive Interference