WorksheetsMemory
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The ability to remember the first and last items on a list more readily than the ones in the middle is called the ___________ effect.
mnemonic device
semantic encoding
serial position
distributed practice
What memory storage system hold the information you are thinking about right now?
short-term/working memory
sensory memory
long-term memory
flashbulb memory
Hermann Ebbinghaus's research established the importance of ______.
mnemonic devices
semantic encoding
the serial position effect
rehearsal
Short-term/working memory ________.
holds a lot of information and lasts a long time.
holds a lot of information but only lasts a short time.
doesn't hold much information but lasts a long time.
doesn't hold much information and only lasts a short time.
An example of an implicit memory is remembering __________.
details of a trip to your grandparents' house last summer.
how to walk.
your cell phone number.
how to change Wi-Fi networks on your cell phone.
Sara, a seventh grader, tries to remember the name of her first-grade teacher but can only remember her fifth-grade teacher's name. This is an example of ______.
proactive interference
the misinformation effect
motivated forgetting
retroactive interference
For a few minutes, Carlos couldn't remember the name of his math teacher from last year. Then, it popped back into his head. What is the most likely explanation for Carlos forgetting the name?
encoding failure
storage failure
permastore failure
retrieval failure
Which type of encoding plays a larger role in creating lasting memories because the information has meaning to you?
acoustic
recency
visual
semantic
The tendency for retrieval memory to be better when your mood matches the mood at the time of encoding is called ___________.
mnemonics
recognition
mood-congruent memory
tip-of-the tongue
Ebbinghaus discovered that 70% of learning is forgotten after the first _________ hours of learning.
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24
3
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