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Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
How long does information in short term memory last?
several days
several minutes
several seconds
several hours
What's the process that locates stored information and brings it back into consciousness?
retrieval
storage
encoding
interference
What is memory in which people recall events in great detail called?
semantic memory
flashbulb memory
iconic memory
implicit memory
What is chunking?
elaboration of info into STM storage to LTM
process of passing info from sensory to STM
storage process of info in the LTM
method to increase amount of info you can hold in your STM
General knowledge that is not tied to where the info was learned is called _______ memory.
episodic
semantic/generic
procedural
implicit
ROY G BIV is a fictional name used to remember the colors in a rainbow. It's an example of _________.
the method of loci
a mnemonic device
working memory
memoranda
What are the 3 stages of memory in order?
Long term, short term, sensory
short term, long term, sensory
sensory, short term, long term
sensory, long term, short term
Ty had an accident causing brain damage. He's lost memory for all events AFTER his accident. What's his type of amnesia?
retrograde
anterograde
primary
secondary
How many items can the average person hold from a list in their short-term memory?
five items
seven items
eight items
nine items
Chunking, mnemonics, and rehearsal are all ways of ____________________ information.
relearning
encoding
retrieving
priming
Facts learned in classes at school become part of the____________.
iconic memories
procedural memories
generic/semantic memories
episodic memories
Rob was in a car accident & now can’t remember anything new, only stuff prior. What part of the brain has been affected?
amygdala
prefrontal cortex
hippocampus
thalamus
Sad feelings that trigger memories of another sad time are an example of ____________.
state-dependent memory
echoic memory
context-dependent memory
sensory memory
What is the ability to recall the last items in a series called?
sensory memory
visual codes
hypnosis
recency effect
You are driving and see a billboard with the phone number of an auto service you need. You keep repeating the number to keep what process from happening?
construction
deductive interference
decay
proactive interference
Computers and people both handle information using the process of _____, _____, _______.
recognition, storage, and retrieval
encoding, storage, and retrieval
encoding, storage, and forgetting
encoding, storage, and retrieval
Ryan can remember quite vividly the first time his dad took him out to learn how to ride a bike, because he didn’t use training wheels and took a nasty spill, scraping his knee badly. This would best be described as a(n) ______ memory.
implicit
episodic
procedural
semantic
Remembering what the word summer means requires ______________ memory, while remembering what you did on July 4th, 1996, requires ______________ memory
episodic; semantic
episodic; procedural
procedural; episodic
semantic; episodic
Flashbulb memories are so vivid because they_________.
recall events with special meanings
are not recalled very often
involve learning skills that are never forgotten
do all of the above
In order to remember information for a long period of time, facts must be _____________.
stored as echoes
stored as icons
transferred from short-term memory to long-term memory
moved from short-term memory to sensory memory
Burt B. was in an accident that damaged his brain. Now he has lost his memory for all events occurring before his accident. Burt's accident has resulted in _______ amnesia.
retrograde
primary
anterograde
secondary
Studying for a test in the same room in which it will be held may result in a better grade because of _____________.
iconic memory
state-dependent memory
context-dependent memory
eidetic memory
Cameron was trying to learn the new plays his new basketball coach had devised for the team. Unfortunately, Cameron found he was having trouble learning the new plays because he kept confusing them with the plays he had learned with his old coach last season. Cameron is experiencing __________ interference.
retroactive
proactive
anterograde
savings
