Mod 18

Question 1

The analogy for the human memory system used by information processing theorists is _________

Answer 1

A computer

Question 2

The process of encoding refers to _______

Answer 2

Getting info into memory

Question 3

Automatic processing occurs when _______

Answer 3

Info is captured with no conscious effort

Question 4

Effortful processing occurs when _______

Answer 4

We try to encode info

Question 5

Rehearsal is another word for ________

Answer 5

Practice

Question 6

Overlearning is ________

Answer 6

Continuing to rehearse even after information is stored in memory

Question 7

While taking a test, Sade realizes that she doesn’t know the right answer to the last question, but remembers where the answer is written in her textbook. Sade remembered the location but not the information due to _____

Answer 7

Automatic processing

Question 8

The serial position effect predicts that it is more likely we will recall items:

Answer 8

At the beginning and end of the list

Question 9

One day after Aisha hears her mother’s list of 12 grocery items, Usha is most likely to remember the items _____ of the list

Answer 9

At the beginning and end

Question 10

Learning new vocabulary words by relating them to words with similar meanings utilizes which type of encoding?

Answer 10

Semantic

Question 11

According to the spacing effect, which of the following study methods would probably be most effective?

Answer 11

Studying physics every night for one hour during the week before a test

Question 12

Kathy performs better on foreign language vocab tests if she studies the material 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates what is know as:

Answer 12

The spacing effect

Question 13

In order to remember the info presented in her psych book, Susan often relates it to her own life experiences. This strategy is an effective memory aid because it facilitates _______

Answer 13

Semantic encoding

Question 14

George has learned the sentence “My Very Earnest Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets” as a way to remember the names of the nine planets. This illustrates the use of: ______

Answer 14

Mnemonics

Question 15

The 3 stage processing model suggests that we register info in _______ memory before it is ______ into short-term memory

Answer 15

Sensory, encoded

Question 16

Three steps of the information processing model are ________, ________, and _________

Answer 16

Encoding, storage, retrieval

Question 17

The part of our memory system we are consciously aware of is called

Answer 17

Short-term or working memory

Question 18

“The magical number seven, plus or -2”refers to the storage capacity of the blank memory

Answer 18

Short-term

Question 19

Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity

Answer 19

Long-term memory

Question 20

The process of getting information out of memory storage is called

Answer 20

Retrieval

Question 21

And is involved in a car accident her senior year of high school. During a college class two years later she is able he to vividly recall the details of the accident. The memory of the accident is an example of which type of memory?

Answer 21

Flashbulb

Question 22

Implicit memories involve

Answer 22

Procedures, skills, and conditioning