Chapter 6.1 - Memory

Question 1

________ is the ability to store and retrieve information over time.

Answer 1

Memory

Question 2

_________ the process by which we transform our perceptions, thought and feelings into enduring memory.

Answer 2

Encoding

Question 3

The process of maintaining information in memory over time is _________.

Answer 3

Storage

Question 4

When you bring to mind information that was previously encoded and stored that is called _________.

Answer 4

Retrieval

Question 5

_________ Judgements require you to think about the meaning of a word.

Answer 5

Semantic Judgments (Is a hat clothing?)

Question 6

_____ Judgments require you to think about the sound of a word.

Answer 6

Rhyme Judgments (Does hat rhyme with cat?)

Question 7

________ Judements require you to think about the appearance of a word.

Answer 7

Visual Judgements (Is HAT written uppercase or lower?)

Question 8

During Semantic Judgements the lower left _________ lobe is active.

Answer 8

Frontal (Language Center)

Question 9

During Visual Judgements the ________ Lobe is active.

Answer 9

Occipital (Vision Center)

Question 10

During Rhyme/Organizational Judgments the upper left _______ lobe is active.

Answer 10

Frontal (Organization and Planning Center)

Question 11

What are the 4 types of Encoding?

Answer 11

Elaborative, Visual Imagery, Organizational, Survival Related

Question 12

Activly relating new information to knowledge previously stored is called ________ ________.

Answer 12

Elaborative Encoding

Question 13

________ _______ encoding is converting new information into a mental picture.

Answer 13

Visual Imagery Encoding

Question 14

__________ Encoding is catagorizing information according to relationships among a series of items.

Answer 14

Organizational Encoding

Question 15

__________ Encoding has an advantage over Movement and Pleasentness Encoding because it draws from what other 3 types of encoding?

Answer 15

Survival Related—–>Elaborative, Visual Imagery, Organizational