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- 1. Multiple Choice
The persistence of learning over time most clearly depends on
Chunking
Massed Practice
Visual Encoding
Memory
- 2. Multiple Choice
The process of encoding refers to
The persistence of learning over time
the recall of information previously learned
getting information into memory
a momentary sensory memory lasting less than a second
- 3. Multiple Choice
The process of getting information out of memory is called
Encoding
relearning
retrieval
rehearsal
- 4. Multiple Choice
The original Atkinson-Schriffin three-stage information-processing model introduced distinctions among
recall, recognition, and relearning
proactive interference, retroactive interference, and repression
sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
the serial position effect, the spacing effect, and the testing effect
- 5. Multiple Choice
Your activated but limited-capacity memory is called _______ memory
short-term
implicit
mood-congruent
explicit
- 6. Multiple Choice
Shelley was able to remember the names of three new class members for only a minute or two after they had been introduced to her. During this time their names were stored in her _______ memory.
echoic
implicit
short-term
iconic
- 7. Multiple Choice
Long term memory refers to
the conscious active processing of incoming visual and auditory information
the retention of learned facts rather than learned skills
a photographic or picture-image sensory memory
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
- 8. Multiple Choice
Working memory represents psychologists' newer understanding of
long-term memory
implicit memory
short-term memory
sensory memory
- 9. Multiple Choice
Conscious active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information requires __________ memory
implicit
working
flashbulb
echoic
- 10. Multiple Choice
The distinction between automatic and effortful processing most clearly highlights the nature of
the two-track mind
the serial position effect
sensory memory
mood-congruent memory
- 11. Multiple Choice
We encode implicit memories by means of
recall
working
memory
automatic processing mnemonics
- 12. Multiple Choice
Encoding that required attention and conscious awareness is called
massed practice
effortful processing
distributed practice
priming
- 13. Multiple Choice
Consciously repeating the name of a new classmate you want to remember illustrates
implicit memory
echoic memory
effortful processing
the serial position effect
- 14. Multiple Choice
Explicit memories are
classically conditioned associations that are automatically processed
memories of physical skills such as how to ride a bike
memories of facts and personal events that can be consciously retrieved
memories that are formed by massed practice rather than by distributed practice
- 15. Multiple Choice
Using different neural networks to simultaneously encode the sights, sounds, and smells of a remembered baseball game best illustrates
distributed practice
implicit memory
parallel processing
chunking
- 16. Multiple Choice
An iconic memory is a _______ memory
sensory
short-term
working
long-term
- 17. Multiple Choice
chunking refers to
getting information into memory through the use of visual imagery
the organization of information into meaningful units
the unconscious encoding of incidental information
the tendency to recognize names we can't recall
- 18. Multiple Choice
A mnemonic is a
sensory memory
test or measure of memory retention
long-term memory
memory aid
- 19. Multiple Choice
Jamille is taking French in school. She gets her best grades on vocabulary tests if she studies for 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates what is know as
the spacing effect
state-dependent memory
chunking
automatic processing
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which type of memory has an essentially limitless capacity?
working memory
short-term memory
long-term memory
flashbulb memory
- 21. Multiple Choice
research on the storage of memory indicates that
our brain can store new memories only if it discards soem old memories
our capacity for storing information in our short-term working memory has no real limit
we do not process and store memories in only one spot in the brain
once memories are consolidated in storage, they can never be forgotten
- 22. Multiple Choice
People fail to learn a conditioned eyeblink response when their _________ is damaged.
hypothalamus
amygdala
hippocampus
cerebellum
- 23. Multiple Choice
it's harder for Alonso to recall the name of a colleague from work when he sees her in a grocery store than at her desk. This best illustrates
the serial position effect
context-dependent memory
long-term potentiation
memory consolidation
- 24. Multiple Choice
The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as
the serial position effect
implicit memory
memory consolidation
flashbulb memory
- 25. Multiple Choice
A full week after Usha hears her mother read her a list of 12 different farm animals, Usha is most likely to remember the animals _________ of the lsit
at the beginning and end
at the end
at the beginning
in the middle
- 26. Multiple Choice
Shortly after hearing a list of items, people tend to recall the last items in the list especially quickly and accurately. The best illustrates
State- dependent memory
context-dependent memory
implicit memory
a recency effect
- 27. Multiple Choice
the inability to recall which numbers on a telephone keypad are not accompanied by alphabetically sequenced letters is most likely due to
encoding failure
the misinformation effect
retroactive interference
source amnesia
- 28. Multiple Choice
The title of a song is on the top of Gerard's tongue, but he cannot recall it until someone mentions the songwriter's name. Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by
encoding failure
automatic processing
retrieval failure
repression
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