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AP Psychology - Memory
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1
Elizabeth Loftus described the...
recency effect
misinformation effect
spacing effect
serial position effect
2
You call your current girlfriend by your old girlfriend's name, demonstrating...
mood-congruent memory
prospective interference
proactive interference
retroactive interference
3
Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called…
implicit memories
explicit memories
flashbulb memories
repressed memories
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The process of memory is…
encoding --> storage --> retrieval
Storage --> retrieval --> encoding
Storage --> encoding --> retrieval
retrieval --> storage --> encoding
5
Retroactive interference involves the disruption of…
semantic encoding
memory retrieval
iconic memory
automatic processing
6
Conscious memory of factual information is called _________ memory.
explicit
implicit
proactive
retroactive
7
What theory proposes that forgetting occurs because memory traces fade over time?
episodic memory
semantic memory
decay
interference
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Multiple-choice test questions measure...
recognition
relearning
recall
rehearsal
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The ________ plays a major role in learned fears and emotional memories.
amygdala
hippocampus
cerebellum
cerebral cortex
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PEMDAS is an example of...
a mnemonic device
chunking
consolidation
sensory memory
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The ___________is crucial to the consolidation of memories, along with its adjacent structures.
cerebellum
amygdala
hippocampus
hypothalamus
12
The sound of a word or memory is processed through _______ encoding.
consolidated
structural
semantic
phonemic
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Semantic encoding refers to the processing of…
sounds
sights
touch sensations
meanings
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Rearranging incoming information into meaningful or familiar patterns is known as...
retrieval
clustering
recall
chunking
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The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as…
chunking
consolidation
long-term potentiation
interference
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Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure...
rehearsal
recall
relearning
recognition
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Which type of encoding provides the highest level of recall?
phonemic
semantic
episodic
structural
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People tend to only recall the first and last items in a list accurately, illustrating...
misinformation effect
spacing effect
recency effect
serial-position effect
19
Locking away the knowledge that a loved one has died is a form of motivated forgetting known as
encoding-specificity processing
consolidation
transfer-appropriate processing
repression
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Lucy's inability to create new memories after her car accident is an example of...
retrograde amnesia
source-monitoring error
reality monitoring
anterograde amnesia
