Psychology Memory Terms Trivia Quiz
- 1.A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
- A.
Spacing effect
- B.
Flashbulb memory
- C.
Mood congruent memory
- D.
Deja vu
- 2.The processing of information into the memory system
- A.
Encoding
- B.
Spacing effect
- C.
Chunking
- D.
Recogniton
- 3.The retention of encoded information over time
- A.
Storage
- B.
Motivated forgetting
- C.
False memory syndrome
- D.
Serial positon effect
- 4.Process of getting information out of memory
- A.
Storage
- B.
Imagery
- C.
Retrieval
- D.
Recognition
- 5.activated memory that hold a few items briefly, look up a phone number, then quickly dial before its forgotten
- A.
Amnesia
- B.
Short term memory
- C.
Long term memory
- D.
Chunking
- 6.The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
- A.
Long term memory
- B.
Rehearsal
- C.
Deja vu
- D.
Mood congruent memory
- 7.Conscious repetition of information
- A.
Recall
- B.
Serial position effect
- C.
Repression
- D.
Rehearsal
- 8.Distributed practice yields better long term retention than massed practice
- A.
Spacing effect
- B.
False memory syndrom
- C.
Metacognition
- D.
Semantics
- 9.Tendency to recall best, the last items on a list
- A.
Metacogniton
- B.
Serial position effect
- C.
Recognition
- D.
Recall
- 10.Mental pictures
- A.
Mood congruent memory
- B.
Syntax
- C.
Retrieval
- D.
Imagery
- 11.Organizing items into familiar, manageable units
- A.
Chunking
- B.
Repression
- C.
Syntax
- D.
Semantics
- 12.The loss of memory
- A.
Amnesia
- B.
Recall
- C.
Deja vu
- D.
Motivated forgetting
- 13.Measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier (as on a fill-in-the-blank test)
- A.
Recall
- B.
Retrieval
- C.
Recognition
- D.
Repression
- 14.Measure of memory in which the person has only to identify terms previously learned as on a multiple choice test
- A.
Recognition
- B.
Recall
- C.
Repression
- D.
Rehearsal
- 15.Already seen
- A.
Deja vu
- B.
Mood congruent memory
- C.
Motivated forgetting
- D.
Syntax
- 16.Tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with ones current mood
- A.
Mood congruent memory
- B.
Confabulation
- C.
Flashbulb memory
- D.
Short term memory
- 17.People unknowingly revise memories
- A.
Motivated forgetting
- B.
Spacing effect
- C.
Storage
- D.
Encoding
- 18.Defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories
- A.
Repression
- B.
Metacognition
- C.
Serial positon effect
- D.
Retrieval
- 19.Condition in which a persons identity and relationships center around a case but strongly believed memory of traumatic experience
- A.
False memory syndrome
- B.
Amnesia
- C.
Rehearsal
- D.
Semantics
- 20.The act of filling in memory gaps
- A.
Confabulation
- B.
Metacognition
- C.
Syntax
- D.
Semantics
- 21.Thinking about thinking
- A.
Metacognition
- B.
Chunking
- C.
Spacing effect
- D.
Long term memory
- 22.How we put sentences together
- A.
Syntax
- B.
Deja vu
- C.
Serial positon efect
- D.
Flash bulb memory
- 23.The study of meaning in language
- A.
Semantics
- B.
Mood congruent memory
- C.
Serial position effect
- D.
Storage
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