Chapter 8 Quiz

Question 1

A newer understanding of short-term memory that adds conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual information, and of information retrieved from long ago.

Answer 1

Working Memory

Question 2

In the Atkinson-Shiffrin three-stage model, encoding through rehearsal is associated with ____________________ memory while later retrieval is associated with ____________________ memory.

Answer 2

Short-term; long-term

Question 3

The psychological terms for taking in information, retaining it, and later getting it back are (in order):

Answer 3

encoding; storage; retrieval

Question 4

The hippocampus seems to function as a:

Answer 4

temporary processing site for explicit memories

Question 5

An inability to form new memories is referred to as ____________________ while an inability to retrieve information from one’s past is referred to as ____________________.

Answer 5

anterograde amnesia; retrograde amnesia

Question 6

According to Freud, painful or unacceptable memories are blocked from consciousness through a mechanism called ____________________.

Answer 6

Repression

Question 7

Our tendency to recall best the last and first items on a list is known as:

Answer 7

The serial Position effect

Question 8

The hour before sleep is a good time to memorize information because going to sleep after learning new material minimizes ____________________ interference.

Answer 8

retroactive

Question 9

When forgetting is due to encoding failure, information has not been transferred from ____________________ memory to ____________________ memory.

Answer 9

short-term; long-term

Question 10

Jacqui was at a social gathering and recognized the face of the person who just arrived but could not remember how she knew them. This is an example of:

Answer 10

Source amnesia