Define Hermann Ebbinghaus Theory of Psychology Flashcards

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A test that requires one to reproduce information in any order is a ____ test of memory.
Free recall
The items on this test illustrate which method of testing memory?
Recognition
The concept of a house would be stored in ____.
Long-term memory
Hermann Ebbinghaus found that memory is best immediatley after we learn information, and we gradually forget more as time passes. WHat name is given to this observation?
Curve or forgetting
The process of getting info our of memory is known as:
Retrieval
The process of selective looking, listening, smelling and feeling is called _____.
Attention
What are the components of the information processing model in order?
Encoding, Storage, retrieval
Our memories of general knowledge items such as the meanings of words or the dates of famous historical events are stored in ____
Semantic memory
The state psychology association has invited teams from all the colleges in the state to compete in a Psych Bowl. The teams will answer questions such as "Who founded the first psychology laboratory?" Where is this information stored?
Long-term memory
Someone a short distance away, to whom we have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you are attending to that conversation. This is a example of ___.
The cocktail party phenomenon
A recognition test requires one to:
Pick the correct answer from among several possible ones provided
Semantic Memory is organized ___.
Heirarchically
Information in short-term memory is retained___.
As long as it is rehearsed
One feature of the Arkinson and Shiffrin model of memory is that :
All information going into long-term memory must first pass through both sensory store and short-term memory
Students in a psychology experiment were exposed to three notes of music for a very short period of time and then asked to recall them. If the instructions to recall the notes came immediately, the students usually succeeded. If the intructions came more than three seconds after the notes were played, the students were much less successful. THe MOST plausible explanantion for this phenomenon is that, in the latter case, ______.
The echo faded before being stored in short-term memory.