A type of long-term memory that stores general knowledge about the world, facts and meaning of words.
a)episodic memory
b)implicit memory
c)semantic memory
d)procedural memory
A type of long-term memory of how to perform a task or skill.
a)episodic memory
b)procedural memory
c)semantic memory
d)expicit memory
A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; sounds and words.
a)echoic memory
b)short-term memory
c)iconic memory
d)autobiographical memory
A relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system.
a)sensory memory
b)long-term memory
c)short-term memory
d)iconic memory
Processing information based on its surface characteristics, like a words appearance or sound.
a)shallow encoding
b)chunking
c)deep encoding
d)long-term memory
Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time and frequency and of well-learned tasks.
a)deep processing
b)effortful processing
c)sensory processing
d)automatic processing
The tendency for learning to be more effective when the study is spaced out over different intervals.
a)massed practice
b)serious practice
c)distributed practice
d)recency effect
Cramming information all at once. It is less effective than distributed practice.
a)massed practice
b)serious practice
c)distributed practice
d)recency effect
The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a body of information better than the information that follows.
a)recency effect
b)primacy effect
c)distrubted practice
d)massed practice
Repeating information over and over to keep it active in short-term memory.
a)autobiographical rehearsal
b)elaborative rehearsal
c)maintenance rehearsal
d)recognition
The theory that information learned in a particular situation or place is better remembered when in that same situation or place.
a)context-dependent memory
b)state-dependent memory
c)mood-congruent memory
d)mood-dependent memory
A graph created by Dr Hermann Ebbinghaus that shows retention and forgetting over time.
a)the memory curve
b)the learning curve
c)the forgetting curve
d)the hairpin curve
The disruptive effect of NEW learning on the recall of old information.
a)proactive interference
b)retroactive interference
c)long-term interference
d)recency interference
The disruptive effect of OLD (prior) learning on the recall of new information.
a)proactive interference
b)retroactive interference
c)long-term interference
d)recency interference
Integrating false information into one's memory of an event due to misleading information received after the event.
a)the forgetting curve
b)the misinformation effect
c)the Loftus effect
d)source amnesia
The increased confidence in a false memory of an event following repeated imagination of the event.
a)imagination inflation
b)the misinformation effect
c)memory inflation
d)the big fish story effect
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.
a)spacing
b)memorizing
c)chunking
d)heirarchies
A newer understanding of short-term memory that includes conscious, active processing of incoming information and retrieval from long-term memory.
a)short-term memory
b)working memory
c)shorter-term memory
d)longer-term memory
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and recall. Also called declarative memory.
a)explicity memory
b)episodic memory
c)implicit memory
d)procedural memory
Part of working memory that directs attention and processing.
a)central attention
b)phonological attention
c)central executve
d)visuospatial executive
The part of working memory that holds and processes verbal and auditory information.
a)echoic
b)phonological loop
c)visuospatial sketchpad
d)central executive
Our tendency to recall best the first and last items in a list or study session.
a)method of loci
b)distributed practice
c)spacing effect
d)serial position effect
The memory for events and facts related to one's personal life story.
a)echoic memory
b)autobiographical memory
c)personal memory
d)iconic memory
A form of memory loss where a person cannot access information or memories from before an injury or disease occurred.
a)anterograde amnesia
b)retrograde amnesia
c)infantile amnesia
d)retroactive amnesia
The inability to form new memories.
a)anterograde amnesia
b)retrograde amnesia
c)infantile amnesia
d)retroactive amnesia
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