WorksheetsMemory
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before
recognition
recall
storage
retrieval
The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory
encoding
retrieval
chunking
recognition
Fading away of memory over time
interference
confabulation
schemas
decay
blockage of memory by previous or subsequent memories or loss of a retrieval cue
confabulation
decay
interference
episodic
Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world
procedural
semantic
chunking
schemas
The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it
retrieval
storage
encoding
confabulation
The act of filling in memory gaps
confabulation
chunking
storage
encoding
The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember
encoding
recognition
chunking
episodic
The process by which information is maintained over a period of time
encoding
confabulation
procedural
storage
Memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material
storage
retrieval
recall
encoding
What happens to information in your brain after it has been encoded?
It goes through the storage process.
It gets divided into schemas.
It is ready for retrieval.
It is screened for interference.
What type of memory makes it possible for you to watch a movie without noticing the gaps between the frames?
semantic memory
sensory memory
episodic memory
procedural memory
Your short-term memory is most similar to which of the following parts of a computer?
monitor
mouse
random access memory
hard drive
Knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings, is called
iconic memory.
working memory.
episodic memory.
semantic memory.
After conducting experiments with rats, Karl Lashley concludd that memories
are stored in a single location in the brain.
are distributed throughout the cortex.
are located in our RNA.
cause the brain to function like a switchboard.
Someone is playing a song on a piano that you have heard before. You are able to identify this song as one you have heard because of which process?
recognition
reconstruction
recaall
confabulation
According to the state-dependent learning theory, where is the best location for you to study for an exam?
a park with lots of trees
a room with no windows or pictures to distract you
the classroom where you will take the exam
a room in your house where you spend a lot of time
Whe a person subconscously blocks memories of a frightening experience, this kind of forgetting is called
indexing.
decay.
amnesia.
repression.
If you relate new information to material that you already know, you are practicing
elaborative rehearsal.
chunking.
the Method of Loci.
the spacing effect.
If you recite the rhyme "Thirty days has September, April, June, and November" to remember the number of days in each month, you are using a(n)
mental picture.
mnemonic device.
schema.
mental picture.
