CP Psych Memory Test Unit 6

1. What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness? 

A. Retrieval

2. What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness? 

D. seven

3. This multiple choice questions are an example of what kind of retrieval process?

B. recognition

4. General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned is contained in ____________________ memory. 

B. Semantic

5. ROYG BIV is a fictitious name people use to help them remember the order of colors in the color spectrum. ROY G BIV is an example of 

B. A mnemonic

6. What are the three stages of memory in order?

C. Sensory memory, short-term memory

7. Chunking is the

D.

8. Chunking, mnemonics, and rehearsal are all ways of ____________________  information. 

C. Encoding

9. Robert was in an auto accident and now has difficulty remembering anything new. He can remember everything prior to his accident, but nothing since it. His doctors suspect that his ______________ has been damaged.

A. Hippocampus

10. 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.

B. Proactive

11. Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called

C. Flashbulb memory

12. Sad feelings that trigger memories of another sad time are an example of 

A. State-dependent memory

13. The ability to recall the last items in a series is called 

D. Recency effect

14. You are driving down the street when you see a billboard displaying a phone number for a service you need. You keep repeating the number over and over so you won’t forget it until you get home, where you can write it down. You do this to prevent the process of ______________ from causing you to forget the number.

A. Decay

15. Computers and people both handle information using the process of 

C..

16.      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.

D. Episodic

17.   Remembering what the word summer means requires ______________ memory, while remembering what you did on July 4th, 1996, requires ______________ memory.

D. Semantic; episodic

18.  Jessica is trying to remember a list of nouns like table, camera, and gun. One way she does this is by repeatedly thinking about how useful each item would be if she were on vacation. Jessica is employing

C. Elaborative

19.  The skills needed to ride a bicycle are stored as*

A. Procedural memories

20.   Facts learned in classes at school become part of the 

C. Generic

21. Flashbulb memories are so vivid because they

A…

22.  Studying for a test in the same room in which it will be held may result in a better grade because of

C…..

23.   Information in short-term memory lasts for

A . Several Seconds

24.  In order to remember information for a long period of time, facts must be 

C…………

25. Burt B. was in an accident that damaged his brain.  Now he has lost his memory for all events occurring after his accident. Burt’s accident has resulted in ______ amnesia.

B. Anterograde

26. Eyewitness testimony is not always accurate because

D. All of the above

27. Sara has to do a fill-in the blank test for anatomy. There is no word bank to help her. This is example of 

A. Recall

28. Tonya always falls asleep in current issues class because she thinks politics is boring. What memory strategy should she start using? 

D. Be curious

29. Sam remembers all fifty state and their capitals by singing a song about them. This is an example of 

C. A mnemonic device

30. Esteban hears the chirp of a bird in the forest and remembers the sound for a few seconds. This is an example of 

B. Echoic memory

31. Todd remembers the beginning of the grocery list but not much else. This is an example of 

A. Primary effect

32. Lakeisha cannot remember her new computer password because she keeps remembering her old computer password. This is an example of 

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33. How many times does your brain need to interact with new material before it makes it to long-term memory? 

A. Seven times

34. You drink coffee while studying for your chemistry test. On the day of the test you drink coffee. You get a very high score. This is the result of 

A. State-dependent memory

35. Jose cannot remember things from before his car accident. This is an example of 

A. Retrograde Amnesia