Unit 7A Memory
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- Q1Encoding that occurs with no effort or a minimal level of conscious attention is known aslong-term potentiation.automatic processing.recallchunking.20s
- Q2Automatic processing occurs withoutsensory memoryconscious awarenesssemantic encodingiconic memory20s
- Q3In an effort to remember how to spell "Mississippi," Corey spells the word aloud 30 times. He is using a technique known aspeg-word systemrehearsalprimingchunking20s
- Q4The tendency for distributed study to yield better long term retention than massed study is known aslong term potentationchunkingserial positioning effectspacing effect20s
- Q5The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items on a list better than the middle items is known as the _________ effect.spacingprimingserial positioning effectmisinformation20s
- Q6The process of getting information into memory is calledencodingstoringregisteringpriming20s
- Q7The process of getting information out of memory is calledprimingretrievalrehearsaLencoding20s
- Q8Your consciously activated but limited-capacity memory is called____________ memoryiconiclong termshort termsensory20s
- Q9The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory is called___________ memoryshort termlong termimplicitworking20s
- Q10To recognize the active information processing that occurs in short term memory, researchers have characterized it as __________ memory.workingiconicshort termlong term20s
- Q11The process by which information is encoded by its meaning is calledlong term potentationrehearsalautomatic processingsemantic encoding20s
- Q12Semantic encoding refers to the processing oftouch sensationssoundsimagesmeanings20s
- Q13Which type of memory has essentially unlimited capacity?long termechoiciconicshort term20s
- Q14Chunking refers tothe tendency to recall best the first item in a list.the organization of information into meaningful units.the unconscious encoding of incidental information.the combined use of automatic and effortful processing to ensure the retention of unfamiliar information.20s
- Q15Words, events, places and emotions that trigger our memory of the past are callediconic tracesdeja vuretrieval cuescontext effects20s