Memory and Thinking Quiz

What is confabulation?

• The act of filling in memory with statements that make sense but may be untrue

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

• A memory device that creates a meaningful link between new and known information

What does repression refer to?

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• Techniques of memorizing information by forming vivid associations

• The awareness of one's own cognitive processes

What is eidetic memory?

• The act of filling in memory with statements that make sense but may be untrue

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information on the basis of short-term exposure

• A memory device that creates a meaningful link between new and known information

What is elaborative rehearsal?

• The act of filling in memory with statements that make sense but may be untrue

• A memory device that creates a meaningful link between new and known information

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

What are mnemonic devices?

• Techniques of memorizing information by forming vivid associations

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

• The awareness of one's own cognitive processes

What is the primacy-recency effect?

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

• The fact that most people are better able to recall information at the beginning and end of a list

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The awareness of one's own cognitive processes

What does insight refer to?

• The apparent sudden realization or understanding of the solution to a problem

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

• Techniques of memorizing information by forming vivid associations

What are schemas?

• An idea or mental framework a person uses to organize and interpret information

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

• Techniques of memorizing information by forming vivid associations

What is directed thinking?

• A systemic and logical attempt to reach a specific goal

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

• Techniques of memorizing information by forming vivid associations

What is metacognition?

• The awareness of one's own cognitive processes

• The exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful memory

• The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information

• Techniques of memorizing information by forming vivid associations