short-term
long-term
sensory
memory
encoding
100
The tendency for prior learning to inhibit recall of later learning is called
What is proactive interference
100
When students who go to graduate school have to brush up on a foreign language they learned before, they find it easier the second time around. This illustrates
What is relearning
100
Organizing information into larger units as a way of improving the efficiency of short-term memory is called
What is chunking
100
After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car, she was asked whether she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Teresa mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female. Teresa’s experience best illustrates
What is misinformation effect
100
A multiple choice question (like this one) makes greatest use of which type of memory?
What is recognition
200
Things that are heard are held as a brief __________ in the sensory register
What is echo
200
The process of holding information in memory is referred to as
What is storage
200
Remembering the first and last items of a list better than items in the middle is due to
What is serial position effect
200
The correct order for the three stages of memory is
What is sensory, short-term, long-term
200
Consciously forcing painful or anxiety-producing thoughts from memory is called
What is repression
300
Twenty years after graduating, a subject is able to correctly identify photographs of students she attended high school with from a larger group of strangers. To do so she has used
What is recognition
300
The storage capacity of long-term memory is best described as
What is limitless
300
Procedural (implicit) memory would be affected by damage to the
What is cerebellum
300
An area of the brain of particular importance for memory storage is the
What is hippocampus
300
The inability to recall events preceding an accident involving injuries to the head is called
What is retrograde amnesia
400
Memories outside of conscious awareness are called
What is implicit memory
400
Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called
What is encoding
400
When new learning disrupts the ability to recall past, stored information, __________ has been said to occur.
What is retroactive interference
400
Joan repeats a list of vocabulary words for the Spanish test to move them from her short-term to long-term memory. This repetition is called
What is rehearsing
400
The Ebbinghaus curve of forgetting shows that forgetting is most rapid
What is immediately after learning
500
Cue-dependent (or context dependent) theories of memory suggest that you would do best on your chemistry test if you could be tested
What is in the room where you are taking the test
500
The fact that a bodily state that exists during learning can be a strong cue for later memory is known as
What is state-dependent learning
500
Memories of historical facts are to __________ memory, as memories of your breakfast this morning are to __________ memory.
What is semantic; episodic
500
__________ is known for memorizing nonsense syllables and plotting a curve of forgetting
Who is Ebbinghaus
500
Students who review previously learned course material at various times throughout a semester to pass a comprehensive final are especially likely to demonstrate long-term retention of the course material. This best illustrates the value of
What is the spacing effect
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