Memory/Mnemonic Devices

Question 1

True or False? With proper training your brain can remember everything that you learn and expieience.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What two catagories can Long-Term memory be broken into?

Accepted Answer

Explicit and Implicit

Question 3

What is the storage capacity for working memory?

Accepted Answer

5-9 Items

Question 4

P.E.M.D.A.S. Is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Acronym

Question 5

Which example does NOT utilize working memory?

Accepted Answer

Seeing a bird on the way to school

Question 6

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally in an example of:

Accepted Answer

Acrostic

Question 7

How many catagories of mnemonic devices did we discuss?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 8

True or False: It is completley normal to forget!

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of Imagery?

Accepted Answer

Drawing a silly cartoon to help you remember SAT vocabulary, Finding celebrity look alikes when trying to memorize the Presidents of USA

Question 10

True or False: When Short-Term Memory is activley used, it is known as Working Memory

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What is the storage capacity of Long-Term Memory?

Accepted Answer

Large Storage Capacity

Question 12

What is the duration of Sensory Memory

Accepted Answer

A fraction of a second!

Question 13

True or False: Semantic memory is a type of short-term memory which comes to mind automatically.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What is the duration of Short-Term Memory?

Accepted Answer

20-30 Seconds

Question 15

Which of the following are Menmonic Dvices? Select all that apply...

Accepted Answer

Acrostics and Acronyms, Rhymes, Chunking, Imagery and Visualization

Question 16

Which answer best desribes chunking?

Accepted Answer

Grouping bits of like information together so that it is easier to remember

Question 17

True or False: Semantic and Episodic are both types of explicit memory.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

True or False: Recalling the number of protons in a carbon molicule is an example of Episodic Memory

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

True of False: Using the Loci Method to remember a speech is an example of visualization

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Two key factors for creating memories that are lasting and retrievable are.....

Accepted Answer

Context and Attention

Question 21

Which answer best describes episodic memory?

Accepted Answer

Memories tied to emotions: wedding, 1st kiss, or getting drivers liscence

Question 22

True or False: Rhymes create context through like sounding words and inflections.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

True or False: Non-Declaritive memories are recalled unconsciously.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Which is NOT an example of implicit memory?

Accepted Answer

Recting the alphabet backwards

Question 25

What is the storage capacity of Long-Term Memory?

Accepted Answer

Large Storage Capacity

Question 26

Which is an example of Semantic Memory?

Accepted Answer

Recalling the capital of the U.S.A

Question 27

True or False: Declarative memory is recalled on command.

Accepted Answer

True

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