Forgetting

George Miller defined his law as a magic number, plus or minus two. What's the range of this effect on memory in chunks?

• 0-7

• 5-7

• 7-9

• 5-9

The limitless potential of the long-term memory in the brain can be described like a "________" to a computer.

• running an application

• Recently used applications

• Hard drive

• Search history

Evidence suggests that "____________" carries out memories of facts or events, otherwise known as explicit memories.

• Cerebral Cortex

• Thalamus

• Hippocampus

• Amygdala

Implicit memories come unconsciously and involve different kinds of:

• Factual memories

• Unconscious bodily functions

• Skills and procedures

• Internal states and feelings

Years later, you may remember the names of the great and famous Ms. Kolios or Ms. Sheehey. This would be an example of:

• Explicit memory

• Effortful memory

• Automatic memory

• Implicit memory

Remembering how to work a lock on a locker or the password you've had since 7 are examples of:

• Automatic memory

• Explicit memory

• Implicit memory

• Effortful memory

The inability to recall how many heads are on Mount Rushmore is a failure in:

• Encoding

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Repression

Which of the following describe retroactive interference?

• Remembering your old phone number, not your new one.

• Remembering how to walk

• Remembering your birthday

• Remembering your current address, not your previous

Jake can easily recall his ex girlfriends from 6 years ago phone number, but can remember his current girlfriend phone number yet.

• Retroactive interference

• Storage failure

• Proactive interference

• Repression

You just got decided to rename your car. Mine's jr. But you suddenly cannot seem to recall it's previous name, like me. This is an example of:

• Misinformation effect

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

• Repression