7A.2.3, 7A.3.1, 7A.3.2, 7A.3.3

Question 1

Recognition

Answer 1

A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as in a multiple choice test

Question 2

Relearning

Answer 2

A measure of memory that assesses the amount of the time saved when learning material a second time

Question 3

Retrieval cues

Answer 3

Anchor points you can use to access the target information when you want to retrieve it later

Question 4

Priming

Answer 4

The activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response

Question 5

Déjà vu

Answer 5

That eerie sense that “I’ve experienced this before.” Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience

Question 6

Mood-congruent memory

Answer 6

The tendency to recall experienced that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood

Question 7

Forgetting curve

Answer 7

The course of forgetting is initially rapid, then levels off with time

Question 8

Proactive interference

Answer 8

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information

Question 9

Retroactive interference

Answer 9

The disruptive effect of new learning in the recall of old information

Question 10

Positive transfer

Answer 10

When old and new information compete with each your that interference occurs

Question 11

Repression

Answer 11

In psycho analytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banished anxiety-arising thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness

Question 12

Recall

Answer 12

A measure of memory in Which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as in a fill in the blank test