Memory Types Quiz

What is Long-Term Memory?

• A cognitive system with limited capacity

• The memory of meaning and understanding

• The brain's storage of information to make it permanent

• The ability to learn and store unique experiences

What is Working Memory?

• The memory of meaning and understanding

• A cognitive system with limited capacity for temporary information

• The ability to learn and store unique experiences

• Unconscious or automatic memory

What is Semantic Memory?

• The memory of meaning and understanding

• The ability to learn and store unique experiences

• Unconscious or automatic memory

• A cognitive system with limited capacity

What is Chunking?

• Grouping related items together for easier recall

• The memory of meaning and understanding

• The ability to learn and store unique experiences

• Unconscious or automatic memory

What is Explicit Memory?

• Unconscious or automatic memory

• Conscious, intentional recollection of factual information

• The ability to learn and store unique experiences

• A cognitive system with limited capacity

What is Retroactive Interference?

• Old memories disrupt the retrieval of new memories

• Newly acquired information inhibits old memories

• The memory of how to do certain things

• Conscious recollection of experiences and events

What is Encoding?

• The act of getting information into our memory system

• The memory of how to do certain things

• Conscious recollection of experiences and events

• A cognitive system with limited capacity

Which term describes the act of getting information out of storage and into conscious awareness?

• Recognition

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Mnemonic Devices

What is the act of retrieving information or events from the past called?

• Recognition

• Recall

• Storage

• Retrieval

What is a vivid memory about an emotionally significant event called?

• Sensory Memory

• Flashbulb Memory

• Long-Term Memory

• Short-Term Memory