ap psych memory kahoot

Conscious memory of factual information is called

explicit memory

Unlike implicit memories, explicit memories are processed by the

hippocampus

Reading a romance novel caused Kim to recall experiences with an old boyfriend. The effect of the novel on memory is

priming

Locking away the knowledge that a loved one has died is a form of motivated forgetting known as

repression

After an accident, not being able to remember the last vacation or getting a driver's license is suffering from

retrograde amnesia

Remembering who won the Super Bowl last year is done through the use of

retrospective memory

An organized cluster of knowledge about a particular object or event is a

schema

Which type of encoding provides the highest level of recall?

semantic

People tend to only recall the first and last items in a list accurately, illustrating

serial-position effect

Visual encoding is to semantic encoding as ______________ is to ________________

imagery, meaning

After hearing a list of 10 items to get at a store, you attempt to write them down. You are most likely to forget items

in the middle of the list

As compared to long-term memory, short-term memory is

less permanent and more limited

Semantic encoding refers to the processing of

meanings

Retroactive interference involves the disruption of

memory retrieval

Elizabeth Loftus described the

misinformation effect

Using nonsense syllables to study memory, Ebbinghaus found that

most rapid memory loss for novel info occurs just after it is learned

The sound of a word or memory is processed through

phonemic encoding

Ebbinghaus found the task of learning new lists of nonsense syllables became increasingly harder as his career progressed

proactive interference

What is the process of deciding whether memories are based on external or internal sources?

reality monitoring

Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure

recall

Multiple-choice test questions measure

recognition

When first learning a new phone number, it can be effectively remembered by repeating it several times. This is known as

rehearsal

Words, images, and other bits of information used to access a stored memory are called

retrieval cues

Momentarily not remembering your address when getting your license most likely results from

retrieval failure

Trying to encode information by making it relevant to you is known as

self-referent encoding

To remember a grocery list, Mark mentally visualizes each item in a certain location of his house. This best illustrates

the method of loci

The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as

long-term potentiation (LTP)

PEMDAS is an example of

a mnemonic device

People retain their classically conditioned fears without any recollection of how or when those were learned. This is

implicit memory

The association of happiness with memories of positive life events contributes to

mood-congruent memory

The "seven plus or minus two items" principle is attributed to

Miller

The _____________ plays a major role in learned fears and emotional memories

amygdala

Lucy's inability to create new memories after her car accident is an example of

anterograde amnesia

___________________ involves focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events

attention

Echoic memory is to iconic memory as _____________ is to _____________

auditory stimulation, visual stimulation

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

flashbulb memories

The _____________ is crucial to the consolidation of memories, along with its adjacent structures

hippocampus

Rearranging incoming information into meaningful of familiar patterns is known as

chunking

Rearranging incoming information into meaningful or familiar patterns is known as

chunking

What theory proposes that forgetting occurs because memory traces fade over time?

decay

Sammy cannot remember Jack's name because he wasn't paying attention when Jack was introduced. This best illustrates

encoding failure

The next-in-line effect best illustrates

encoding failure

The process of memory is

encoding, storage, retrieval