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AP Psychology - Memory
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Rearranging incoming information into meaningful or familiar patterns is known as...
chunking
clustering
recall
retrieval
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PEMDAS is an example of...
chunking
consolidation
a mnemonic device
sensory memory
3
Locking away the knowledge that a loved one has died is a form of motivated forgetting known as
repression
encoding-specificity processing
transfer-appropriate processing
consolidation
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People tend to only recall the first and last items in a list accurately, illustrating...
recency effect
spacing effect
serial-position effect
misinformation effect
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Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called…
repressed memories
explicit memories
implicit memories
flashbulb memories
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What theory proposes that forgetting occurs because memory traces fade over time?
lack of encoding
storage decay
interference
episodic memory
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Semantic encoding refers to the processing of…
touch sensations
sounds
meanings
sights
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Elizabeth Loftus described the...
recency effect
spacing effect
serial position effect
misinformation effect
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The ___________is crucial to the consolidation of explicit or episodic memories, along with its adjacent structures.
hypothalamus
cerebellum
hippocampus
amygdala
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Multiple-choice test questions measure...
recall
relearning
rehearsal
recognition
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Conscious memory of factual information is called _________ memory.
implicit
explicit
retroactive
proactive
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Retroactive interference involves the disruption of…
old memories
new memories
automatic processing
iconic memory
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You call your current girlfriend by your old girlfriend's name, demonstrating...
mood-congruent memory
proactive interference
retroactive interference
prospective interference
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The process of memory is…
Storage --> retrieval --> encoding
retrieval --> storage --> encoding
Storage --> encoding --> retrieval
encoding --> storage --> retrieval
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The ________ plays a major role in learned fears and emotional memories.
amygdala
cerebral cortex
cerebellum
hippocampus
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Lucy's inability to create new memories after her car accident is an example of...
anterograde amnesia
retrograde amnesia
reality monitoring
source-monitoring error
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The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as…
consolidation
interference
long-term potentiation
chunking
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Which type of encoding provides the highest level of recall?
episodic
structural
semantic
phonemic
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Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure...
relearning
recognition
recall
rehearsal
