Memory Processes Quiz

What are the three processes of memory?

• Retrieval

  Storage

  Encoding

• Retreating

  Staying

  Engaging

• Releasing

  Starting

  Encoring

• Reviewing

  Starving

  Enhancing

Which type of memory lasts for a fraction of a second?

• Short-term memory

• Long-term memory

• Iconic memory

• Echoic memory

What is the capacity of short-term memory according to George Miller?

• Three items

• Five to nine items

• Ten items

• Unlimited

Which model assumes that information is processed in a series of stages similar to a computer?

• Levels-of-Processing Model

• Semantic Network Model

• Information-Processing Model

• Parallel Distributed Processing Model

What type of memory includes skills and conditioned responses?

• Semantic memory

• Declarative memory

• Episodic memory

• Nondeclarative memory

What is the term for the tendency to remember the first and last items in a list better than the middle items?

• Chunking effect

• Serial position effect

• Primacy effect

• Recency effect

Which type of memory is characterized by the ability to recall personal experiences?

• Semantic memory

• Episodic memory

• Implicit memory

• Procedural memory

What is the process called when old information interferes with the learning of new information?

• Memory decay

• Retroactive interference

• Encoding failure

• Proactive interference

Which type of rehearsal involves connecting new information with existing knowledge?

• Maintenance rehearsal

• Active rehearsal

• Elaborative rehearsal

• Visual rehearsal

What is the phenomenon called when a person feels they know a word but cannot retrieve it?

• Memory block

• Recall failure

• Recognition failure

• Tip of the tongue