1. What are the three basic concepts in memory?

recall, encoding, retrieval
sensation, perception, acoustic
retrieval, encoding, storage
retrieval, storage, recall

2. ___________ is when information is going into memory.

encoding
storage
semantic
retrieval

3. The word "car" is flashed on a screen. A mental picture of the word "car" represents a _________ code; the definition of "form of transportation" represents a ________ code; "sounds like bar" represents a _________ code.

phonemic; structural; semantic
structural; semantic; phonemic
episodic; semantic; structural
episodic; semantic; phonemic

4. Linking a new stimulus to information that is already in memory involves:

structural
encoding
elaboration
clustering

5. Which of the following is true about sensory memory?

information is preserved for a short period of time
it is the first component of the human memory system
each of the senses has a sensory memory system
all of the above

6. If you are listening to a speaker, the information that you are hearing is stored in what memory until you write it down?

sensory
semantic
storage
short term

7. How much can short term memory hold?

25,000 words
25 million words
7 chunks of information
unlimited

8. Anne makes a grocery list with ten items listed. When she gets to the store, she realizes she forgot the list and can only recall the first part of the list. This is referred to as:

latency effect
primacy effect
immediacy effect
recency effect

9. A teenager's organized set of expectations for how their parents should behave is an example of:

conceptual hierarchy
retrieval cue
schema
none of the above

10. A friend gives you a new cell phone number, but now you can't remember the old one. What is this an example of?

retrograde amnesia
retroactive interference
regression
context effect

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