5 Written Questions

1. is the disruptive effect of something you already have learned on your efforts to learn or recall new information.
2. is the passive process by which encoded information is maintained over time.
3. is the momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli, lasting about 3 or 4 seconds.
4. the encoding of sound, especially the sound of words.
5. is the visual sensory memory consisting of a perfect photographic memory, which lasts no more than a few tenths of a second.

5 Matching Questions

1. Explicit memories
2. Retroactive interference
3. Imagery
4. Serial position effect
5. Recall

1. a is a measure of retention in which the person must remember, with few retrieval cues, information learned earlier.
2. b refers to mental pictures and can be an important aid to effortful processing.
3. c is the disruptive effect of something recently learned on old knowledge.
4. d is the tendency for items at the beginning and end of a list to be more easily retained than those in the middle.
5. e are memories of facts, including names, images and events. They are also called declarative memories.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. memory is the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with our current mood.
   1. Spacing effect
   2. Storage
   3. Mood-congruent
   4. Memory
2. the first step in memory; information is translated into some form that enables it to enter our memory system.
   1. Chunking
   2. Mnemonics
   3. Encoding
   4. Priming
3. an unusually vivid memory of an emotionally important moment in one's life.
   1. Echoic memory
   2. Sensory memory
   3. Flashbulb memory
   4. working memory
4. is also a measure of retention in that the less time it takes to relearn information, the more that information has been retained.
   1. Rehearsal
   2. Relearning
   3. Chunking
   4. Mnemonics
5. is the tendency for distributed practice to yield better long-term retention than massed practice, or cramming.
   1. Storage
   2. working memory
   3. Imagery
   4. Spacing effect

5 True/False Question

1. working memory → a newer understanding of short-term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from longterm memory.
   

   True        False

2. Chunking → the first step in memory; information is translated into some form that enables it to enter our memory system.
   

   True        False

3. Deja vu → is the false sense that you have already experienced a current situation.
   

   True        False

4. Short-term memory → is conscious memory, which can hold about seven items for a short time; also called working memory.
   

   True        False

5. Rehearsal → is a measure of retention in which the person must remember, with few retrieval cues, information learned earlier.
   

   True        False