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WorksheetsAP Psychology Memory-1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
To gain accurate eyewitness testimony from children, interviewers must
a)
be sensitive to repressed memories.
b)
provide details to the child before the interview
c)
use neutral words that children can understand.
d)
employ leading questions to prompt a response
2.
The process of getting information into memory is called_______
a)
priming
b)
chunking
c)
encoding
d)
storing
3.
Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as
a)
the peg-word system.
b)
implicit memory.
c)
the serial position effect
d)
chunking
4.
The human capacity for storing long-term memories is
a)
roughly equal to seven units of information
b)
enhanced through hypnosis
c)
essentially unlimited
d)
typically much greater in young children than in adults
5.
Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called
a)
repressed memories.
b)
sensory memories
c)
mood-congruent memories
d)
flashbulb memories
6.
Superior memory for rap lyrics that include the most rhymes best illustrates the value of
a)
acoustic encoding
b)
mood-congruent memory
c)
priming
d)
the spacing effect
7.
The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory
a)
explicit
b)
short-term
c)
implicit
d)
sensory
8.
Iconic memory refers to
a)
visually encoded images in long-term memory
b)
the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory
c)
photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a secon
9.
Your ability to immediately recognize the voice over the phone as your mother's illustrates the value of
a)
chunking
b)
acoustic encoding
c)
implicit memory
d)
state-dependent memory
10.
Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an effective strategy for
a)
chunking
b)
priming
c)
automatic processing
d)
rehearsal
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