Psychology Chapter 6 Quiz

declarative

Explicit memory is also called _____ memory.

episodic buffer

In working memory, visual and verbal information is integrated in the:

iconic

Psychologists use the term _____ memory to refer to photographic visual impressions that last less than a second.

memory

Psychologists use the word _____ to refer to the processes whereby the brain collects, stores, and retrieves information for later use.

eidetic

The phenomenon of _____ imagery is fairly similar to what people commonly call "photographic memory."

massed practice

studying for long periods of time without breaks.

serial position

People's ability to recall an item from a list depends on where in the list the item occurs. This is known as the _____ effect.

encoding, storage, retrieval

Which of the following sequences BEST reflects the order in which memory processes occur, from first to last?

anterograde

_____ amnesia involves an inability to form new memories.

mnemonic

_____ devices are methods for improving memory.