PSY Memory Test

Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called _____.

• iconic memory

• implicit memory

• flashbulb memory

• semantic memory

A semantic code represents information in terms of its ______.

• mental picture

• pattern

• sequence of sounds

• meaning

What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?

• retrieval

• interference

• storage

• encoding

Hearing a song that brings back memories is an example of ____.

• tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

• implicit memory

• sensory memory

• context-dependent memory

Sad feelings that trigger memories of another sad time are an example of ____.

• echoic memory

• state-dependent memory

• context-dependent memory

• sensory memory

The ability to recall the last items in a series is called ____.

• recency effect

• sensory memory

• visual codes

• hypnosis

What is the final stage of memory information?

• sensory information

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

• photographic memory

People use their own schemas to do which of the following?

• reconstruct memories

• relearn memories

• retain memories

• repress memories

Which memory task involves identifying objects encountered before?

• relearning

• recognition

• recall

• repression

An example of improving memory through mechanical repetition is ____.

• constructing links

• forming unusual associations

• writing and rewriting items

• creating mnemonic devices