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Unit 7A Memory

Quiz by Joe Hunt

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  • Q1
    Encoding that occurs with no effort or a minimal level of conscious attention is known as
    long-term potentiation.
    automatic processing.
    recall
    chunking.
    20s
  • Q2
    Automatic processing occurs without
    sensory memory
    conscious awareness
    semantic encoding
    iconic memory
    20s
  • Q3
    In an effort to remember how to spell "Mississippi," Corey spells the word aloud 30 times. He is using a technique known as
    peg-word system
    rehearsal
    priming
    chunking
    20s
  • Q4
    The tendency for distributed study to yield better long term retention than massed study is known as
    long term potentation
    chunking
    serial positioning effect
    spacing effect
    20s
  • Q5
    The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items on a list better than the middle items is known as the _________ effect.
    spacing
    priming
    serial positioning effect
    misinformation
    20s
  • Q6
    The process of getting information into memory is called
    encoding
    storing
    registering
    priming
    20s
  • Q7
    The process of getting information out of memory is called
    priming
    retrieval
    rehearsaL
    encoding
    20s
  • Q8
    Your consciously activated but limited-capacity memory is called____________ memory
    iconic
    long term
    short term
    sensory
    20s
  • Q9
    The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory is called___________ memory
    short term
    long term
    implicit
    working
    20s
  • Q10
    To recognize the active information processing that occurs in short term memory, researchers have characterized it as __________ memory.
    working
    iconic
    short term
    long term
    20s
  • Q11
    The process by which information is encoded by its meaning is called
    long term potentation
    rehearsal
    automatic processing
    semantic encoding
    20s
  • Q12
    Semantic encoding refers to the processing of
    touch sensations
    sounds
    images
    meanings
    20s
  • Q13
    Which type of memory has essentially unlimited capacity?
    long term
    echoic
    iconic
    short term
    20s
  • Q14
    Chunking refers to
    the 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
  • Q15
    Words, events, places and emotions that trigger our memory of the past are called
    iconic traces
    deja vu
    retrieval cues
    context effects
    20s

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