1. { Memory Jeopardy Psychology

2. EncodingStorageRetrievalForgettingIt’s Anybody’s Guess 100 200 300 400 500 * Bonus

3.  What is the term for conscious repetition?  Rehearsal Encoding 100 Encoding 100

4.  What does encoding mean?  Putting information into one’s brain Encoding 200 Encoding 200

5.  List 3 mnemonic devices.  Method of loci, keyword method, chunking, peg- word method, hierarchies, acronyms Encoding 300 Encoding 300

6.  Describe how meaning affects encoding.  Meaning makes it easier to get information into the brain Encoding 400 Encoding 400

7.  Encoding:________ as Storage: Hardware  Software Encoding 500 Encoding 500

8.  T or F, short-term and long-term memories are stored in the same place.  False Storage 100 Storage 100

9.  Memories with strong emotions are called what?  Flash-bulb memories Storage 200 Storage 200

10.  Give an example of an implicit memory Storage 300 Storage 300

11.  How long do long term memories stay in the brain?  Virtually forever Storage 400 Storage 400

12.  What is long term potentiation?  An increase in a neuron’s firing potential. Storage 500 Storage 500

13.  What type of retrieval do multiple choice exams test?  Recognition Retrieval 100 Retrieval 100

14.  Define the term relearning.  The ability to store information again that was learned previously Retrieval 200 Retrieval 200

15.  T or F, According to the context effect, people remember information better in a different context than they learned it  False Retrieval 300 Retrieval 300

16.  Give an example of priming Retrieval 400 Retrieval 400

17.  What is a mood- congruent memory?  A memory that is affected by your current mood. Retrieval 500 Retrieval 500

18.  What is the term for storage decay over time?  Transience Forgetting 100 Forgetting 100

19.  Give an example of absent-mindedness.  Forgetting where you left something. Forgetting 200 Forgetting 200

20.  Proactive or Retroactive: An old locker combination gets in the way of learning a new locker combination  Proactive Forgetting 300 Forgetting 300

21.  What is Source Amnesia?  Attributing information to the wrong source Forgetting 400 Forgetting 400

22.  Give an example of the misinformation effect. Forgetting 500 Forgetting 500

23.  What is memory?  The persistence of learning through encoding, storage, and retrieval. It’s Anybody’s Guess 100 It’s Anybody’s Guess 100

24.  What is the correct order for processing memories?  Sensory memory  short-term memory  long-term memory It’s Anybody’s Guess 200 It’s Anybody’s Guess 200

25.  Give an example of effortful processing It’s Anybody’s Guess 300 It’s Anybody’s Guess 300

26.  What is persistence?  Unwanted memories. It’s Anybody’s Guess 400 It’s Anybody’s Guess 400

27.  What brain structure is primarily responsible for flash- bulb memories?  Amygdala It’s Anybody’s Guess 500 It’s Anybody’s Guess 500