PSYC 1000 Chapter 6 - CU Denver

What is an example of automatic encoding?

• Touching a hot stove

• Paying attention in class

• Choosing what to ignore

• Making a memory like taking a picture

Which type of processing involves recognizing an object, such as a car?

• Shallow Processing

• Intermediate Processing

• Deep Processing

• Effortful Encoding

What is the process of keeping information in short-term memory by mentally repeating it?

• Rehearsal

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Storage

What is the fast-decaying store of auditory information called?

• Echoic Memory

• Iconic Memory

• Short-term Memory

• Long-term Memory

According to the serial position effect, which items are more likely to be recalled?

• First few and last few items

• Middle items

• Only the first item

• Only the last item

What is the process of combining small pieces of information into larger clusters called?

• Consolidation

• Chunking

• Retrieval

• Persistence

Which type of memory allows you to readily retrieve and declare information you know?

• Non-declarative (Implicit) memory

• Episodic memory

• Declarative (Explicit) memory

• Semantic memory

What type of memory involves the acquisition of skills through practice, such as walking?

• Episodic Memory

• Procedural Memory

• Semantic Memory

• Flashbulb Memory

Which type of memory is a collection of autobiographical memories that occurred at a specific place or time?

• Semantic Memory

• Procedural Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Non-declarative Memory

What is the term for the process in which memories become stable?

• Chunking

• Retrieval

• Consolidation

• Persistence