PY 101 Exam 3
memory - correct answer ✔- the ability to store and retrieve information we
have learned
sensory memory - correct answer ✔- holds small amounts of information for
a few seconds
short-term memory - correct answer ✔- aka working memory
- limited capacity and duration of 15-20 seconds
- requires active maintenance rehearsal to prevent forgetting
long-term memory - correct answer ✔- unlimited capacity
- can last minutes to decades
chunking - correct answer ✔- strategy to reduce total number of items to
remember by combining them into groups (chunks)
maintenance rehearsal - correct answer ✔- repeating information to keep the
information in a person's short-term memory
primacy effect - correct answer ✔- remembering/recalling items at the
beginning of the list
recency effect - correct answer ✔- remembering/recalling items at the end of
a list.
working memory - correct answer ✔- part of short-term memory
, - must actively rehearse information to retain it
spreading activation - correct answer ✔- recalling one word will likely recall
other words
state-dependent memory - correct answer ✔- information is better recalled
when the person is in the same bodily state as when they learned it
context-dependent memory - correct answer ✔- information is better recalled
when the person is in the same environment as when they learned it
retrograde amnesia - correct answer ✔- loss of memory for events before
and brain injury
anterograde amnesia - correct answer ✔- loss of ability to create new
memories after a brain injury
proactive interference - correct answer ✔- when an existing memory
interferes with forming a new memory
retroactive interference - correct answer ✔- when forming a new memory
interferes with retrieving an old memory
episodic memory - correct answer ✔- detailed declarative memory for an
autobiographical event at a particular date and time
- ex: first kiss, first day of school, friends birthday party
semantic memory - correct answer ✔- general declarative memory or fact
- ex: state capitals, math equations
memory - correct answer ✔- the ability to store and retrieve information we
have learned
sensory memory - correct answer ✔- holds small amounts of information for
a few seconds
short-term memory - correct answer ✔- aka working memory
- limited capacity and duration of 15-20 seconds
- requires active maintenance rehearsal to prevent forgetting
long-term memory - correct answer ✔- unlimited capacity
- can last minutes to decades
chunking - correct answer ✔- strategy to reduce total number of items to
remember by combining them into groups (chunks)
maintenance rehearsal - correct answer ✔- repeating information to keep the
information in a person's short-term memory
primacy effect - correct answer ✔- remembering/recalling items at the
beginning of the list
recency effect - correct answer ✔- remembering/recalling items at the end of
a list.
working memory - correct answer ✔- part of short-term memory
, - must actively rehearse information to retain it
spreading activation - correct answer ✔- recalling one word will likely recall
other words
state-dependent memory - correct answer ✔- information is better recalled
when the person is in the same bodily state as when they learned it
context-dependent memory - correct answer ✔- information is better recalled
when the person is in the same environment as when they learned it
retrograde amnesia - correct answer ✔- loss of memory for events before
and brain injury
anterograde amnesia - correct answer ✔- loss of ability to create new
memories after a brain injury
proactive interference - correct answer ✔- when an existing memory
interferes with forming a new memory
retroactive interference - correct answer ✔- when forming a new memory
interferes with retrieving an old memory
episodic memory - correct answer ✔- detailed declarative memory for an
autobiographical event at a particular date and time
- ex: first kiss, first day of school, friends birthday party
semantic memory - correct answer ✔- general declarative memory or fact
- ex: state capitals, math equations
