Memory and Thought Review

What difficult language was Daniel Tammet able to learn in a week?

• Icelandic

• Slavic

• Swedish

• Croatian

Which of the following is not part of the 3-step process for memory?

• Encoding

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Chunking

As John thinks back to the summer, he smiles whenever he imagines going on the roller coasters at Great Adventure. The thought of the ride best describes which term?

• Image

• Flexibility

• Retrieval

• Chunking

Information that is stored indefinitely because it is either interesting or important is stored in our

• eidetic memory

• long-term memory

• short-term memory

• sensory storage

ROYGBIV and PEMDAS are both examples of

• mnemonic devices

• chunking

• directed thinking

• insight

Sarah is constantly going to her English class from last year and gets detentions for eventually showing up late to her current English class. What term does this describe?

• Sensory Storage

• Eidetic Memory

• Proactive Interference

• Retroactive Interference

Rearranging old ideas to help create new ideas is known as

• recombination

• flexibility

• rehearsal

• directed thinking

This question is testing your ____ ability.

• recognition

• recall

• insight

• rehearsal

What was the name of the pizzeria they first tried to order from in the King of Queen's clip about chunking?

• Sal's

• Lenny's

• Valentino's

• Giuseppe's

____ is repeating information to yourself so you are better able to remember it.

• Rehearsal

• Retrieval

• Recognition

• Recombination