The 3 types of memory
4 theories of forgetting
The boring facts
The FUN facts
100

This memory can last about 30 seconds

A. Sensory 

B. Short-term

C. Long-term 

Short-term 

100

A breakdown in the process of getting information in to the cognitive system.

A. Storage decay theory

B. Encoding Failure theory 

C. Interference theory 

D. Cue-dependent memory 


Encoding failure theory 

100

The process of moving information from one memory stage to the next

A. Self-reference effect 

B. Improve memory 

C. Encoding 

D. Elaborative rehearsal  

Encoding 

100

After a year has past what percent of a specific memory do you lose?

A. 10%

B. 25%

C. 50%

D. 75%

50%

200

Registers for each of our senses 

A. Sensory 

B. Short-term 

C. Long-term 

Sensory 

200

Forgetting caused by the absence at testing of a stimulus that was present when the learning occurred 

A. Storage decay theory 

B. Encoding failure 

C. Interference theory 

D. Cue-dependent memory  

Cue-dependent memory 

200

In short-term memory when incoming information from long-term memory encodes it

A. Improve memory 

B. Elaborative rehearsal 

C. False memory 

D. Misinformation effect 

Elaborative rehearsal 

200

Unpleasant memories do what to us?

A. Make us stupid 

B. Help us learn 

C. Increase our memory 

D. Traumatize us  

Help us learn 

300

The memory stage in which the recognized information from sensory memory enters consciousness. 

A. Sensory

B. Short-term 

C. Long-term

Short term memory 

300

A theory that proposes that memory fades due to the mere passage of time 

A. Storage decay theory 

B. Encoding failure theory

C. Interference theory 

D. Cue-dependent memory  

Storage decay theory 

300

An inaccurate memory that feels as real as a accurate memory 

A. Encoding 

B. False memory 

C. Elaborative rehearsal 

D. Misinformation effect 

False memory 

300

How many neurons are in our brain?

A. Ten thousand 

B. Over a trillion 

C. four thousand 

D. Over a million 

Over a million 

400

The loss of long term memory

A. Memory loss 

B. Amnesia 

C. Mild cognitive impairment 

Amnesia 

400

Memory encoded in long-term memory are forgotten and cannot be retrieved into short-term memory.

A. Storage decay theory 

B. Encoding failure theory 

C. Interference theory 

Interference theory 

400

The distortion of a memory by exposure to misleading information 

A. False memory

B. Elaborative rehearsal 

C. Misinformation effect 

D. Improve memory 

D. 


Misinformation effect 

400

A study found that when people close their eyes, they were able to answer ……. Percent more questions correctly.

A. 75% 

B 20.3% 

C. 23% 

D. 10%

23%

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