Cognitive Psychology Quiz

Types of Memory

• One type of memory not available to conscious awareness is implicit memory.

Sensory Memory

• Sensory memory has a duration of 1-2 seconds.

Sensory Register

• Iconic memory is the term for the sensory register of an event that provides a fast and accurate representation.

Working Memory

• The Visuospatial Sketchpad is the component of working memory responsible for visual and spatial processing.
• The Phonological Loop has a capacity of 1-2 seconds, and can hold 7 ± 2 chunks of information.

Long-term Memory

• Episodic memory is the type of long-term memory associated with personally experienced events with context, like time and place.

Working Memory Processes

• Chunking is the term used to describe the process of combining individual pieces of information into larger, meaningful units in working memory.

Memory Characteristics

• Flashbulb memory is characterized by highly detailed and vivid recollections, often accompanied by high confidence ratings.

Forgetting

• Decay is NOT a primary cause of forgetting.

Amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia is characterized by an inability to retain new memories, but the ability to remember events prior to the injury.

Memory Retrieval

• The context-dependent memory effect is the phenomenon where the closer the 'overlap' between the encoding and retrieval situations, the more likely something is remembered.