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Duplicate of AP Psychology - Memory
Duplicate of AP Psychology - Memory
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What theory proposes that forgetting occurs because memory traces fade over time?
decay
episodic memory
interference
semantic memory
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Lucy's inability to create new memories after her car accident is an example of...
retrograde amnesia
source-monitoring error
anterograde amnesia
reality monitoring
3
The sound of a word or memory is processed through _______ encoding.
structural
semantic
consolidated
phonemic
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The ___________is crucial to the consolidation of memories, along with its adjacent structures.
hypothalamus
cerebellum
hippocampus
amygdala
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PEMDAS is an example of...
a mnemonic device
consolidation
sensory memory
chunking
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Elizabeth Loftus described the...
misinformation effect
serial position effect
recency effect
spacing effect
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Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure...
relearning
rehearsal
recognition
recall
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People tend to only recall the first and last items in a list accurately, illustrating...
recency effect
misinformation effect
serial-position effect
spacing effect
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The ________ plays a major role in learned fears and emotional memories.
hippocampus
amygdala
cerebral cortex
cerebellum
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Retroactive interference involves the disruption of…
iconic memory
memory retrieval
automatic processing
semantic encoding
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Semantic encoding refers to the processing of…
meanings
sounds
touch sensations
sights
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Locking away the knowledge that a loved one has died is a form of motivated forgetting known as
repression
encoding-specificity processing
consolidation
transfer-appropriate processing
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Multiple-choice test questions measure...
recognition
recall
relearning
rehearsal
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Rearranging incoming information into meaningful or familiar patterns is known as...
retrieval
recall
chunking
clustering
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The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as…
consolidation
chunking
interference
long-term potentiation
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You call your current girlfriend by your old girlfriend's name, demonstrating...
prospective interference
retroactive interference
proactive interference
mood-congruent memory
17
Which type of encoding provides the highest level of recall?
phonemic
structural
semantic
episodic
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Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called…
repressed memories
implicit memories
flashbulb memories
explicit memories
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Conscious memory of factual information is called _________ memory.
retroactive
proactive
explicit
implicit
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The process of memory is…
retrieval --> storage --> encoding
encoding --> storage --> retrieval
Storage --> retrieval --> encoding
Storage --> encoding --> retrieval
