Memory and Rehearsal Strategies Quiz

What is the role of maintenance rehearsal in memory?

• It maintains information in short-term memory.

• It encodes information into long-term memory.

• It retrieves information from long-term memory.

• It enhances the meaning of information.

What is a more effective encoding strategy than maintenance rehearsal?

• Elaborative rehearsal

• Repetitive rehearsal

• Sensory rehearsal

• Short-term rehearsal

How does elaborative rehearsal improve memory?

• By focusing on the meaning of information

• By repeating information multiple times

• By storing information in sensory memory

• By forgetting unimportant details

What is the self-reference effect?

• Applying information to yourself to improve memory

• Repeating information to enhance encoding

• Using visual imagery to remember details

• Forgetting irrelevant information quickly

What is procedural memory?

• Memory of general knowledge, concepts, facts, and names.

• Memory of particular events, including the time and place they occurred.

• Memory that includes memories of different skills, operations, and actions.

• Memory of personal life history and events.

Which type of memory involves remembering the time and place of events?

• Procedural memory

• Episodic memory

• Semantic memory

• Autobiographical memory

What does semantic memory include?

• Memories of different skills and actions

• Memories of particular events and their context

• General knowledge, concepts, facts, and names

• Personal life history and experiences

What is an example of episodic memory?

• Knowing how to ride a bike

• Remembering the rules of a game

• Attending a friend's wedding

• Knowing different time zones

What is explicit memory?

• Information or knowledge that can be consciously recollected

• Memories that are formed unconsciously

• Memories that cannot be recalled

• Information stored in the short-term memory

What is the reminiscence bump?

• A period when people forget most of their early memories

• A phenomenon where middle-aged and older people remember events from adolescence and early adulthood

• A time when memories are formed unconsciously

• A phase of rapid memory loss in old age