Psychology - Memory Review

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The process of encoding refers to:

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getting info into memory

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The process of getting information out of memory is called

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retrieval

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When recalling a list of words you should have the greatest DIFFICULTY with those:

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in the middle of the list

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T or F: Frequent short study sessions are better at encoding info than very few long sessions.

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True

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What memory storage system holds the info you are thinking about right now (in the present)?

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short-term/working memory

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A way to increase the amount of info in memory by grouping it into larger, familiar units

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Chunking

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Textbooks are often organized into _____ in order to facilitate information processing.

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Hierarchies

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Visual memory is called

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iconic memory

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Our average short term memory span is ___ items, plus or minus two.

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7

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Memory for skills and procedures is called

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implicit memory