FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCH

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MEMORY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: serial position effect

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our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list

Question 2: echoic memory

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a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds.

Question 3: explicit memory

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memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare." (Also called declarative memory.

Question 4: long-term potentiation

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an increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory.

Question 5: memory

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the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information

Question 6: semantic encoding

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encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words.

Question 7: visual encoding

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the encoding of picture images.

Question 8: recognition

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a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test

Question 9: spacing effect

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

Question 10: rehearsal

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the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage

Question 11: automatic processing

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unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings

Question 12: priming

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the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory

Question 13: sensory memory

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the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system

Question 14: long-term memory

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the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.

Question 15: flashbulb memory

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a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

Question 16: source amnesia

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attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined.(Also called source misattribution.) Source amnesia, along with the misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories.

Question 17: hippocampus

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a neural center that is located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage.

Question 18: chunking

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organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically

Question 19: mood-congruent memory

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the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood

Question 20: recall

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a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.

Question 21: repression

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in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories

Question 22: parallel processing

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processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving

Question 23: working memory

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newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory.

Question 24: relearning

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a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time.

Question 25: implicit memory

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retention independent of conscious recollection. (Also called non-declarative or procedural memory.

Question 26: effortful processing

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encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

Question 27: mnemonics

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