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Psychology Memory Terms Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A multiple choice question is checking what part of memory?

a)

Recall

b)

Recognition

c)

Method of Loci

d)

Encoding

2.

An essay question is checking what part of memory?

a)

Recall

b)

Recognition

c)

Method of Loci

d)

Encoding

3.

The term for getting information into your brain.

a)

Recall

b)

Retrieval

c)

Storage

d)

Encoding

4.

The term for retaining information in your brain.

a)

Recall

b)

Retrieval

c)

Storage

d)

Encoding

5.

The term for getting information out of your brain.

a)

Recall

b)

Retrieval

c)

Storage

d)

Encoding

6.

The term for giving attention and effort to remember something.

a)

Effortful encoding

b)

Automatic encoding

c)

Spacing

d)

Ebbinghaus

7.

Space, time, frequency, and well learning information are all examples of what?

a)

Effortful encoding

b)

Automatic encoding

c)

Spacing

d)

Ebbinghaus

8.

The term that shows how much we forget when we do not review information?

a)

Effortful encoding

b)

Automatic encoding

c)

Spacing

d)

Ebbinghaus curve

9.

The term for only being able to remember part of the information.

a)

Tip of the Tongue

b)

Spacing effect

c)

Serial position effect

d)

Method of Loci

10.

The term for remembering the things at the beginning and end of a list.

a)

Tip of the Tongue

b)

Spacing effect

c)

Serial position effect

d)

Method of Loci

11.

The term for small bursts of studying over a long period of time.

a)

Tip of the Tongue

b)

Spacing effect

c)

Serial position effect

d)

Method of Loci

12.

The term for placing items in a mental room to remember them.

a)

Tip of the Tongue

b)

Spacing effect

c)

Serial position effect

d)

Method of Loci

13.

The type of memory that is immediate and involves the 5 senses?

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Short term memory

c)

Long term memory

d)

Encoding

14.

Typically it holds 5-9 digits?

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Short term memory

c)

Long term memory

d)

Encoding

15.

Holds a small amount of information to be used soon.

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Short term memory

c)

Long term memory

d)

Encoding

16.

Has a relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of information.

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Short term memory

c)

Long term memory

d)

Encoding

17.

New learning disrupts the recall of old information.

a)

RI-Retroactive Interference

b)

PI-Proactive Interference

c)

Context Dependent

d)

Mood Congruent

18.

Old learning disrupts the recall of new information.

a)

RI-Retroactive Interference

b)

PI-Proactive Interference

c)

Context Dependent

d)

Mood Congruent

19.

The part of memory that contains facts that you have memorized

a)

Semantic Memory

b)

Episodic Memory

c)

Procedural Memory

d)

Emotional Memory

20.

The part of memory that contains personal experiences or events.

a)

Semantic Memory

b)

Episodic Memory

c)

Procedural Memory

d)

Emotional Memory

21.

How to ride a bike would be part of this memory type.

a)

Semantic Memory

b)

Episodic Memory

c)

Procedural Memory

d)

Emotional Memory

22.

What we learn in one physical state we remember in that state.

a)

State dependent

b)

Mood congruent

c)

Context dependent

d)

Emotional Memory

23.

If you are happy to tend to think of positive memories.

a)

State dependent

b)

Mood congruent

c)

Context dependent

d)

Emotional Memory

24.

The study showing your memory is better when in the place you learned it.

a)

State dependent

b)

Mood congruent

c)

Context dependent

d)

Emotional Memory