Chapter 7, Sections 1 & 2 Test Review

Question 1

Mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing, especially when combined with semantic encoding

Answer 1

Imagery

Question 2

Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically

Answer 2

Chunking

Question 3

A fleeting photographic memory

Answer 3

Iconic Memory

Question 4

Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices

Answer 4

Mnemonics

Question 5

A memory of specific information

Answer 5

Explicit Memory

Question 6

A memory that consists of skills and procedures one has learned

Answer 6

Implicit Memory

Question 7

Tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list

Answer 7

Serial Position Effect

Question 8

Conscious repetition

Answer 8

Rehearsal

Question 9

Memory of a specific event

Answer 9

Episodic Memory

Question 10

We have a good, though fleeting, sensory memory for the auditory stimuli called ________________

Answer 10

Echoic Memory

Question 11

The encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words

Answer 11

Semantic Encoding

Question 12

A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

Answer 12

Flashbulb Memory

Question 13

The encoding of picture images

Answer 13

Visual Encoding

Question 14

A memory of general knowledge and information that can be recalled

Answer 14

Semantic Memory

Question 15

Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

Answer 15

Effortful Processing

Question 16

Tendency to recall events such as a camping holiday more positively than we evaluate them at the time

Answer 16

Rosy Retrospection

Question 17

The persistance of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information

Answer 17

Memory

Question 18

The tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice

Answer 18

Spacing Effect

Question 19

Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time and frequency

Answer 19

Automatic Processing

Question 20

First letters of to-be remembered words as sentences or as words - ROY G. BIV for the colors of the electromagnetic spectrum or HOMES for the Great Lakes

Answer 20

Acronyms

Question 21

The encoding of sound, especially the sound of words

Answer 21

Acoustic Encoding