Cognition

What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?

• retrieval

• encoding

• storage

• interference

The average person can hold in short-term memory a list of

• nine items

• five items

• seven items

• eight items

This multiple choice question is an example of what kind of retrieval process?

• recall

• recognition

• reiteration

• relearning

ROYG BIV is a fictitious name people use to help them remember the order of colors in the color

spectrum. ROY G BIV is an example of

• working memory

• the method of loci

• memoranda

• a mnemonic device

What are the three stages of memory in order?

• Sensory memory, long-term memory, short-term memory

• Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

• Short-term memory, long-term memory, sensory memory

• Long-term memory, short-term memory, sensory memory

General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned is contained in

____________________ memory.

• procedural

• episodic

• semantic

• implicit

Sad feelings that trigger memories of another sad time are an example of

• state-dependent memory.

• sensory memory.

• context-dependent memory.

• echoic memory.

Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called

• flashbulb memory.

• semantic memory.

• iconic memory.

• implicit memory.

If you are having trouble learning new information because old information is getting in the way, we call this concept_________interference

• retroactive

• anterograde

• savings

• proactive

If you can remember everything prior to an accident, but nothing since it. What part of your brain might be damaged?

• cerebral cortex

• amygdala

• hippocampus

• thalamus