Psychology Chapter 7 - Memory Quiz

The process by which we recollect prior experiences and information and skills learned in the past.

Episodic Memory, Semantic Memory, Implicit Memory.

The memory of a specific event.

<p>General knowledge that people remember.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Skills or procedures you have learned.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>You know the memory but are unable to say it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Encoding, Storage, Retrieval.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first stage in processing information where it is translated into a form that will be retained.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The second stage in processing information where it is maintained over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of recovering information from memory storage and returning it to conscious thought.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of code in which one forms a mental picture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of code in which one records the memory as a sequence of sounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of code that represents information in terms of its meaning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Repeating information over and over again to keep from forgetting it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Making the information meaningful by relating it to information you already know.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Memories that become stored for future use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Errors that occur in our memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Memories that are linked to the context in which the experience occurred.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Memories retrieved because of the mood during the original experience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The immediate, initial recording of information entering through our senses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A very brief and accurate image; photographic memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An accurate and long-lasting photographic memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mental traces of sounds or memories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The memory known as working memory, with limited capacity and duration of about 30 seconds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recalling items from the beginning of a list.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recalling items from the end of a list.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Breaking down information into smaller and more memorable parts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anything that will interfere with memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The stage of memory with a large capacity and long durations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Involves identifying objects or events encountered before.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To bring memory or information back to mind.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning material a second time, typically quicker than the first.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Memory fades over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When one pushes memories out of consciousness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sigmund Freud.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forgetting produced by brain injury or trauma.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forgetting of early events in life or childhood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forgetting the period leading up to trauma.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Problems with recall of information after a trauma.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drill and Practice, Mnemonic Devices, Elaborative Rehearsal, Constructing Links, Forming Unusual/Humorous Associations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Improving memory by going over information repeatedly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Methods for improving memory using easily recognizable formats.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because the person experienced the event and the jury would believe his/her memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People can force themselves to believe something, may not recall what happened, and can make false ideas based on similar facial structures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mental representations formed by organizing bits of information into knowledge.</p> Signup and view all the answers