UC BERKELEY PSYCH 1 FINAL
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● Free Recall Test
Answer: you are able to produce a response as you do on essays or short
answer questions
●● Cued Recall Test
Answer: Receive hints to help test memory
●● Recognition Test
Answer: choosing the correct item among several other options (multiple
choice test)
●● Savings Test
Answer: relearning method; recalls past memory
●● Implicit memory
Answer: an influence of an experience on what you say or do that you
might not be aware of the influence
,●● Encoding
Answer: converting information into a form that is memorable to you
●● Storage
Answer: retaining information for later use
●● Retrieval
Answer: accessing stored information that we have encoded
●● Sensory Memory
Answer: Include all 5 of your sense; infinite capacity(or very large);
only remember what you thought was relevant
●● Short Term Memory
Answer: capacity 7 +or - 2; info has to go through short term memory
before it proceeds to long term memory; only last a few days
●● procedural memories
Answer: How to do something more implicit
●● declarative memory
Answer: more explicit, ability to state in words. Has 2 sub-categories
, ●● Episodic memory
Answer: memory for specific events in your life, a certain event reminds
you of a principle or fact
●● Semantic Memory
Answer: memory of principle or facts; like what you learn in school
●● Primacy Effect
Answer: easier to remember the info @ the beginning
●● Recency Effect
Answer: Easier to remember info @ the end because more recent
●● Proactive Interference
Answer: new material lost because old material is taking up space
●● Retroactive Interference
Answer: Old material lost due to new material
●● The reconstruction Effect
Answer: ability to include inaccurate information in an attempt to fill in
the gaps. Expectations play a big role in this
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● Free Recall Test
Answer: you are able to produce a response as you do on essays or short
answer questions
●● Cued Recall Test
Answer: Receive hints to help test memory
●● Recognition Test
Answer: choosing the correct item among several other options (multiple
choice test)
●● Savings Test
Answer: relearning method; recalls past memory
●● Implicit memory
Answer: an influence of an experience on what you say or do that you
might not be aware of the influence
,●● Encoding
Answer: converting information into a form that is memorable to you
●● Storage
Answer: retaining information for later use
●● Retrieval
Answer: accessing stored information that we have encoded
●● Sensory Memory
Answer: Include all 5 of your sense; infinite capacity(or very large);
only remember what you thought was relevant
●● Short Term Memory
Answer: capacity 7 +or - 2; info has to go through short term memory
before it proceeds to long term memory; only last a few days
●● procedural memories
Answer: How to do something more implicit
●● declarative memory
Answer: more explicit, ability to state in words. Has 2 sub-categories
, ●● Episodic memory
Answer: memory for specific events in your life, a certain event reminds
you of a principle or fact
●● Semantic Memory
Answer: memory of principle or facts; like what you learn in school
●● Primacy Effect
Answer: easier to remember the info @ the beginning
●● Recency Effect
Answer: Easier to remember info @ the end because more recent
●● Proactive Interference
Answer: new material lost because old material is taking up space
●● Retroactive Interference
Answer: Old material lost due to new material
●● The reconstruction Effect
Answer: ability to include inaccurate information in an attempt to fill in
the gaps. Expectations play a big role in this
