Psychology: Chapter 8 (Memory) Quiz

Pan finds it difficult to learn the alphabet, until he hears the alphabet song. Then he can easily remember it. This is an example of ________ encoding.

Acoustic

The encoding of words and their meaning is known as ________ encoding.

Semantic

Encoding information occurs through ________.

automatic processing and effortful processing

What type of memories do we consciously try to remember and recall?

explicit memories

What is episodic memory?

information about events we have personally experienced

What is semantic memory?

knowledge about words, concepts, and language-based knowledge and facts

What is the set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over different periods of time?

memory

What kind of memory involves storage of brief events, such as sights, sounds, and tastes?

sensory

Elaborative rehearsal involves ________.

thinking about the meaning of the new information and its relation to knowledge already stored in your memory

What is procedural memory?

type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things