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The process of getting information into memory is called_______

• priming
• chunking
• encoding
• storing

What memory process is primarily involved when a person takes in new information by assigning meaning to it based on their existing knowledge?

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Encoding

• Forgetting

Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as

• the peg-word system.
• implicit memory.
• the serial position effect
• chunking

When students group items together on a list to remember them more easily, such as organizing historical dates into periods, they are using which memory technique?

• Rehearsal

• Chunking

• Mnemonics

• Hierarchies

The human capacity for storing long-term memories is

• roughly equal to seven units of information
• enhanced through hypnosis
• essentially unlimited
• typically much greater in young children than in adults

Short-term memory is best described as

• Memory of how to perform an activity, such as riding a bike

• Memory of facts and general knowledge

• memory that can hold only a small amount of information

Chuck recalls the day last summer when he fell off his bicycle and scraped his knee.
This is an example of:

• Iconic Memory

• Procedural Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Short Term Memory

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

• repressed memories.
• sensory memories
• mood-congruent memories
• flashbulb memories

How does flashbulb memory account for vivid recall of significant events?

• It suggests emotionally charged events are stored as highly detailed and exceptionally vivid memories

• It represents vividly all human experiences in great detail

• It states that significant events are forgotten faster due to their emotional impact

• This type of memory claims that only negative emotions lead to detailed memories

Iconic memory refers to

• visually encoded images in long-term memory
• the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory
• photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a secon