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Psychology Memory Unit Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the first process of placing information in the memory

a)

incoming

b)

encoding

c)

short-term memory

d)

long-term memory

2.

the PROCESS of placing encoded information into long term memory is called

a)

storage

b)

sensory memory

c)

short-term memory

d)

long-term memory

3.

Which type of memory has unlimited capacity to remember things your whole life

a)

sensory memory

b)

primacy

c)

long-term memory

d)

auditory memory

4.

Maintenance of encoded info over time

a)

Encoding

b)

Chunking

c)

Retrieval

d)

Storage

5.

Repeating information over and over again to remember

a)

Elaborative Rehearsal

b)

Maintenance Rehearsal

c)

State Dependent Memory

d)

Context Dependent Memory

6.

Fading away of a memory over time

a)

Interference

b)

Decay

c)

Amnesia

d)

Storage

7.

In Finding Dory, Dory's emotional, sudden remembrance of getting lost when she was a child is an example of

a)

Recognition

b)

Flashbulb memory

c)

Sensory memory

d)

Repetition

8.

In Finding Nemo, Dory repeating directions to herself is an example of

a)

Recall

b)

Retrieval

c)

Flashbulb memory

d)

Rehearsal

9.

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

a)

Short term

b)

Long term

c)

Flashbulb

d)

Heuristic

10.
Which of the following has limited storage capacity?
a)
Short Term Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Sensory Memory
11.

What is the WORST way to form long term memories?

a)

Having a strong emotional experience to a memory.

b)

Distributed (Spaced) Practice

c)

Elaborative Rehearsal

d)

Massed Practice (Cramming)

12.

Elizabeth Loftus did work related to

a)

accurate memories being found during hypnosis

b)

Misinformation effect and memory reconstruction

c)

Finding memory traces or engrams.

d)

Holding 7 bits of information in STM (+ or - 2)

13.

Which brain part is responsible for facilitating long term memories?

a)

brain stem

b)

cerebellum

c)

amygdala

d)

hippocampus

14.
The retention (saving) of encoded material over time.
a)
encoding
b)
storage
c)
retrieval
d)
rehearsal
15.
The process of getting the information back out of memory storage.
a)
encoding
b)
storage
c)
retrieval
d)
Next-in-line-effect
16.
Information can be held in this storage bank for around 30 seconds with out rehearsal.
a)
short-term memory
b)
long-term memory
c)
sensory memory
d)
visual encoding
17.
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.
a)
chunking
b)
mnemonic
c)
relean
d)
recall
18.
A memory aid
a)
mnemonic
b)
chunking
c)
implicit memory
d)
explicit memory
19.
The mental processing of retrieval of information from memory.  A fill in the blank test is a good example.
a)
recall
b)
recognition
c)
relearn
d)
learning
20.
short term memory has an unlimited capacity
a)
true
b)
false
21.
short term memory is limited to ___ items
a)
3
b)
7
c)
10
d)
5
22.

Connecting new material to information previously learned and creating meaning from it.

a)

elaborative rehearsal

b)

mnemonic devide

c)

encoding

d)

retroactive interference

23.

Humans can more easily remember the first and last items in a list. This is an example of which of the following?

a)

working memory

b)

storage

c)

serial position effect

d)

retrieval

24.
_____, _____, and _____ are the three memory processes.
a)
sensory, storage, retrieval
b)
sensory, short term, retrieval
c)
encoding, storage, retrieval
d)
sensory, short term, long term
25.
items in your mind at any given moment are in your _______ memory
a)
short term
b)
long term
c)
eidetic
d)
episodic memory
26.
information stored for future use is ______ memory.
a)
sensory
b)
short term 
c)
long term
d)
episodic 
27.
repeating material to yourself to keep information in your short term memory longer is an example of _______.
a)
a mnemonic device
b)
maintenance rehearsal 
c)
confabulation
d)
recall
28.
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
29.
Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called
a)
repressed memories.
b)
sensory memories
c)
mood-congruent memories
d)
flashbulb memories
30.
The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory
a)
explicit   
b)
short-term   
c)
implicit   
d)
sensory
31.

This memory retrieval technique can be used in an essay test or fill in the blank responses.

a)

Recognition

b)

Selective Attention

c)

Eidectic Memory

d)

Recall

32.

This memory retrieval technique can be used during multiple-choice tests

a)

Recall

b)

Recogniton

c)

Maintenance Reherseal

d)

Review

33.

__________________________ is grouping items together to make them easier to remember.

a)

Chunking

b)

Maintenance Rehearsal

c)

Elaborative Rehearsal

d)

Categorizing

34.

Storing memories for _________________ periods of time, such as your first day of school or recalling your favorite childhood movie is what type of memory?

a)

Permanent Storage

b)

Long-Term

c)

Recognition

d)

Recall

35.

______________________________ are memories of one's past life.

a)

Long-Term Memories

b)

Semantic Memories

c)

Episodic Memories

d)

Photographic Memories

36.

This image is an example of what technique:

a)

Elaborative Rehearsal

b)

Mnemonic Devices

c)

Chunking

d)

All of the Above

37.

Repeating information over and over to store it for a short-term duration is known as

a)

Elaborative Rehearsal

b)

Chunking

c)

Repetition

d)

Maintenance Rehearsal

38.

The Serial Position Effect states that you are more likely to remember the middle items in a long list.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

False memories, or memories of things that never happened

a)

Pseudomemories

b)

Semantic Memories

c)

Episodic Memories

d)

Procedural Memories

40.

Thinking about what you already know about a topic facilitates learning something new

a)

Positive transfer

b)

Chunking

c)

Misinformation Effect

d)

Serial Position Effect

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