Memory Quiz

Memory is best defined as

• the conscious encoding of information.

• stored knowledge that has been semantically encoded.

• the persistence of learning through the storage and retrieval of information.

• the retrieval of stored information in precisely the same form in which it was encoded.

Information-processing models compare human memory to a

• battery.

• flashlight.

• course syllabus.

• computer's operation.

The process of retrieval refers to

• the persistence of learning over time.

• the organization of information into manageable units.

• getting information out of memory storage.

• conscious repetition of information to be remembered.

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system is called _______ memory.

• long-term

• Short term

• Chunking

• Sensory

Retention of skills and classically conditioned associations without conscious recollection is known as _______ memory.

• implicit
• episodic

• sensory

• explicit

Memories for well-learned automatic skills such as how to tie your shoes are called _______ memories.

• implicit
• short term

• long term

• sensory

Our immediate short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly ________ bits of information.

• 3
• 7
• 12
• 24

The organization of individual items into larger familiar units is called

• the spacing effect

• chunking

• massed practice

• long-term potentiation

The serial position effect refers to the tendency to recall best the _______ items in a list.

• first
• first and last
• middle
• middle and last

Simply identifying previously learned items in a multiple-choice test question constitutes a measure of retention known as

• relearning

• recognition

• rehearsal

• recall