Chapter 6

Question 1

What is the order of the information processing model of memory?

Answer 1

Sensory memory>short-term memory>long-term memory

Question 2

The phenomenon of ____ imagery is fairly similar to what people commonly cal “photographic memory.”

Answer 2

Eidetic

Question 3

Grouping pieces of information together to expand the capacity of short-term memory is called?

Answer 3

Chunking

Question 4

The working memory, visual & verbal information is integrated in the:

Answer 4

Episodic buffer

Question 5

Spacing study sessions over long periods of time with breaks in between is called what?

Answer 5

Distributed practice

Question 6

An essay question is a ___ test of memory?

Answer 6

Recall

Question 7

A multiple choice question is a ___ test?

Answer 7

Recognition

Question 8

People’s ability to recall an item from a list depends on where in the list the item occurs. This is known as the ____ effect…

Answer 8

Serial position effect

Question 9

What does the regency effect refer to as?

Answer 9

The last items on a list are more likely to be remembered than the middle items.

Question 10

What did ebbinghaus discover?

Answer 10

That the most forgetting occurs within 1 hour of learning and then levels off.

Question 11

What type of memory is knowing how to serve a tennis ball?

Answer 11

Procedural memory

Question 12

What captures very subtle changes in sounds & last about 1-10 seconds, also why teachers give lectures.

Answer 12

Echoic imagery

Question 13

In working memory what works with verbal info?

Answer 13

Phonological loop

Question 14

In working memory what works with visual and spatial info like knowing where things are located in a grocery store?

Answer 14

Visuospatial sketch pad

Question 15

What brings info together allowing us to solve problems?

Answer 15

Episodic buffer

Question 16

In working memory what directs attention & determines what info is used & what’s ignored?

Answer 16

Central executive

Question 17

What are memories you are aware of called?

Answer 17

Explicit memory

Question 18

What are memories outside of your awareness?

Answer 18

Implicit memory

Question 19

What are the stages of long term memory? And an example?

Answer 19

Explicit- remembering that’s roses are red
Semantic- remembering ur graduation date
Episodic- remembering details like your shoe breaking at graduation
Flashbulb- remembering a shocking event like 9/11

Question 20

What is a automatic or unconscious memory?

Answer 20

Implicit memory

Question 21

What helps learners remember things easier?

Answer 21

Mnemonics

Question 22

What is being able to connect a place with something you are trying to remember?

Answer 22

Method of loci

Question 23

What process requires work?

Answer 23

Automatic & effortful processing

Question 24

When your trying to remember a # by repeating it over & over to extend its length of time held in short term memory?

Answer 24

Maintenance rehearsal

Question 25

What term is known as having to actually think instead of repeating; a deep level of encoding?

Answer 25

Elaborative rehearsal

Question 26

What is massed practice?

Answer 26

Cramming

Question 27

What is it called when someone gets a new car & starts to realize the same cars?

Answer 27

Priming

Question 28

A stimuli that helped in retrieval of info that is difficult to access?

Answer 28

Retrieval cues

Question 29

What are some memory slips?

Answer 29

Tip of tongue (retrieval failure)
Storage failure & memory decay
Hyperthymestic syndrome (remembering everything)

Question 30

What is the order of the memory process?

Answer 30

Encoding, storage, retrieval