Memory Overview
Short-term Memory & Beyond
Memory Retrieval
Memory Types & Techniques
Scenarios
100

What are the three stages of memory in order? 

Sensory Memory, Short-term Memory, Long-term Memory

100

To be stored for a long time, what must happen to the facts we know? 

They must be transferred from short-term memory to long-term memory. 

100

What is the type of memory where people call events in great detail? 

Flashbulb memory

100

ROY G BIV is a fictitious name people use to help them remember the order of colors in the color spectrum.  What is this an example of? 

Mnemonic Device 

100

Jacob was in an auto accident and now has difficulty remembering anything new.  He can remember anything prior to the accident, but nothing since. His doctors suspect that his ____ was damaged

Hippocampus
200

Define: general knowledge that is not tied to the time when the memory is learned

Semantic or Generic

200

How long does information last in short term memory? 

Several seconds

200

Why are flashbulb memories so vivid?

Flashbulb memories recall events with special meanings.
200

What is chunking? 

Chunking is the method used to increase the amount of information one can hold in short-term memory
200

Sarah can remember quite vividly the first time his dad took him out to learn how to ride a bike, because he didn't use training wheels and took a nasty spill, scraping his knee badly.   This would be best described as a(n)  _______ memory. 

(Note: the answer is not flashbulb)

Episodic

300

What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?

Retrieval

300

How many things can the average person hold in their short term memory? 

7

300

What type of retrieval process is used in a multiple choice test?

Recognition

300
Chunking, mnemonics, and rehearsal are all was of _______ information. 

encoding

300

Bradley is trying to remember a list of nouns like table, camera, and sunglasses.  One way he does this is by repeatedly thinking about how useful each item would be if he were on vacation. What is Bradley employing? 

Elaborative rehearsal

400

Skills need to ride a bicycle are store as _____ memories. 

Procedural

400

You are driving down the street when you see a billboard displaying a phone number for a service you need.  You keep repeating the number over and over so you won't forget it until you can pull over and put it in your phone.  Yo do this to prevent the processes of ___ from causing you to forget the number. 

Decay

400

Studying for a test in the same room in which it will be held may result in a better test grade.  Why?

Context-dependent memory

400

Remembering what the word summer means requires ____ memory, while remember what you did on July 4th, 2020 requires ____ memory. 

Semantic; Episodic

400

Tyler was in an accident that damaged his brain.  Now he has lost his memory for all events occurring after his accident.  Tyler's accident resulted in _____ amnesia. 

Anterograde

500

Facts learned in classes at school become a part of the ___ memories

Generic or Semantic 

500
Computers and people both handle information using the process of ____, _____ and _____. 
Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval 
500

What is the ability to call the last items in a series?

Recency Effect

500

Sad feelings that trigger memories of another sad time are an example of _____ - ______ memory.

State-dependent memory
500

Miranda was trying to learn the new plays that her new basketball coach had devised for the team.  Unfortunately, she was having trouble learning the new plays because she kept confusing them with the plays she learned last season.  She is experiencing _______ interference. 

Proactive