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AP psych memory

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ____ is an unusually vivid memory of na emotionally important moments in one's life

a)

Flashbulb Memory

b)

Effortful Processing

c)

Semantic Memory

d)

Maintenance rehearsal

2.

The first step in memory processing

a)

retrieval

b)

encoding

c)

imagery

d)

chunking

3.

The passive process by which encoded information is maintained over time is called:

a)

STM

b)

semantic

c)

rehearsal

d)

storage

4.

Retrieving previous learning

a)

Recall

b)

Retrieval

c)

Recognition

d)

Priming

5.

The process of bringing information from memory storage to consciousness is called:

a)

LTM

b)

Chunking

c)

Retrieval

d)

Priming

6.

Which type of LTM is acquired through repetition and practice?

a)

semantic

b)

procedural

c)

episodic

7.

Recalling the row you had with your friend last week would require you to use which type of LTM?

a)

episodic

b)

procedural

c)

semantic

8.

Which case study supports the existence of different types of LTM?

a)

KF

b)

Clive wearing

c)

HM

9.

Episodic memory is associate with...

a)

temporal lobe & limbic system

b)

temporal lobe & cerebellum

c)

hippocampus & temporal lobe

d)

basal ganglia & hippocampus

10.

Which type of LTM remained intact in Clive Wearing?

a)

procedural

b)

semantic

c)

episodic

11.

Non declarative memories are also known as...

a)

implicit memories

b)

explicit memories

12.

The relatively permanent and unlimited capacity memory system into which information from short term memory may pass:

a)

Semantic

b)

Visual

c)

STM

d)

LTM

13.

Conscious memory which can hold about 5-7 items for a short time

a)

STM

b)

Spacing Effect

c)

LTM

d)

Effortful Processing

14.

The making of mental pictures

a)

semantic

b)

acoustic

c)

imagery

d)

photographic memory

15.

Processing information according to sound

a)

chunking

b)

acoustic

c)

imagery

d)

visual

16.

Attempting to focus on more than one thing at once

a)

priming

b)

divided attention

c)

non-decalrative

d)

visual

17.

A memory technique of organizing material into familiar and meaningful units

a)

chunking

b)

semantic

c)

STM

d)

storage

18.

Our effortless encoding of incidental information such as space, time, and frequency

a)

testing effect

b)

serial position effect

c)

effortful processing

d)

automatic processing

19.

The effortful repition of information that you are are trying to encode for storage

a)

non-declarative

b)

semantic

c)

rehearsal

d)

repetition

20.

The tendency for distributed practice to yield better retention than cramming

a)

testing effect

b)

spacing effect

c)

chunking

d)

cramming

21.

The use of imagery to process information into memory

a)

imagery

b)

visual

c)

acoustic

d)

semantic

22.

Encoding memories accroding to meaning

a)

acoustic

b)

imagery

c)

semantic

d)

visual

23.

The tendency for items at the beginning or end of a list to be more easily retained

a)

automatic processing

b)

list effect

c)

serial position effect

d)

acoustic

24.

Memory without concious recall

a)

non-decalrative

b)

imagery

c)

maintenance rehearsal

d)

echoic

25.

A measure of retention in which one need only identify, rather recall, previously learned information

a)

priming

b)

relearning

c)

rehearsal

d)

recognition

26.

The activation of web associations in memory in order to retire a specific memory

a)

priming

b)

relearning

c)

recognition

d)

implicit

27.

Neural region within the limbic system that is important in the processing of names, images, events, and other facts in memory

a)

limbic system

b)

cerebellum

c)

hippocampus

d)

amygdala

28.

Memories of facts

a)

semantic

b)

implicit

c)

explicit

d)

mood congruent

29.

memories of skills

a)

procedural

b)

implicit

c)

explicit

d)

retroactive

30.

Encoding over multiple time periods

a)

distributed practice

b)

massed practice

c)

testing effect

d)

spacing effect

31.

Network of structures involving emotion, motivation, and memory

a)

amygdala

b)

nervous system

c)

limbic system

d)

hippocampus

32.

Encoding that requires concious attention and some degree of effort

a)

automatic processing

b)

spacing effect

c)

effortful processing

d)

chunking