Chapter 7 Pre-test

General Knowledge that people remember Chunking Generic memory Primacy effect Amnesia Decay Eidetic imagery Recency effect

B

Ability to remember visual stimuli over long periods of time Chunking Generic memory Primacy effect Amnesia Decay Eidetic imagery Recency effect

F

Tendency to recall the initial items in a series of items Chunking Generic memory Primacy effect Amnesia Decay Eidetic imagery Recency effect

C

Organization of items into familiar or manageable units Chunking Generic memory Primacy effect Amnesia Decay Eidetic imagery Recency effect

A

Fading away of memory Chunking Generic memory Primacy effect Amnesia Decay Eidetic imagery Recency effect

E

Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called Multiple choice Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called Generic memory Flashbulb memory Procedural memory Iconic memory

B

A semantic code represents information in terms of its Mental picture Sequence of sounds Meaning pattern

C

A retrieval B. Storage C. Encoding D. interference What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness A retrieval B. Storage C. Encoding D. interference

A

Hearing a song that brings back memories is an example of Procedural memory Tip of the tongue phenomenon Context dependent memory Sensory memory

C

State dependent memory Context dependent memory Echoic memory Sad feeling that trigger memories of another sad time are an example of State dependent memory Context dependent memory Echoic memory Sensory memory

A

The ability to recall the last items in a series is called Sensory memory Visual codes Hypnosis Recency effect

D

What is the final stage of memory information. Sensory information photographic memory Short term memory Long term memory

D

People use their own schemas to do which of the following Repress memories Reconstruct memories Relearn memories Retain memories

B

Which memory task involves identifying object encountered before Recognition Recall Relearning repression

A

An example of improving memory through mechanical repetition is Writing and rewriting items Forming unusual associations Constructing links Creating mnemonic devices

A

Trauma to the brain caused by a blow to the head, electric shock, or brain surgery. Infantile amnesia Anterograde amnesia Retrograde amnesia

B

The skills needed for riding a bicycle are stored as Procedural memories Episodic memories Generic memories Echoic memories

A

Facts learned in classes at school become part of the Procedural memory Episodic memory Generic memory Iconic memory

C

Computers and people both handle information using the processes of Procedural , generic , and episodic memories Maintenance and elaborative rehearsals Sensory, short term , and long term memories Encoding, storage and retrieval

D

A visual code helps a person remember a fact by Storing the fact as a sequence of sounds Representing the fact by its meaning Pairing it with another fact Creating a mental picture

D

State dependent memory Context dependent memory Eidetic memory 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

C

The first stage of memory is Long term memory Short term memory Content dependent memory Sensory memory

D

The average person can hold in short term memory a list of Five items Seven items Eight items Nine items

B

People forget the period leading up to a traumatic event Infantile amnesia Anterograde amnesia Retrograde amnesia

C

Icons Echoes Mnemonic devices schemas We can more easily remember bits of information by organizing them into mental representations of the world called Icons Echoes Mnemonic devices schemas

D

According to Sigmund Freud repression is a reaction to Painful and unpleasant memories A head injury Illness All of the above

A

Most people forget things because of the normal processes of Maintenance and elaborative rehearsal Interference and decay Repression and amnesia Chunking and schema

B

Maintenance rehearsal A person trying to learn the vocabulary of a foreign language can remember the foreign words by Maintenance rehearsal Constructing links to something already familiar. Using paired associates All of the above

D

Freud found that people who could not remember things that happen before the age of three have Infantile amnesia Anterograde amnesia Retrograde amnesia