Psych 100 Exam 3 (PSU Crosby) UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Anterograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER when memory for anything new
becomes impossible, although old memories may still be retrievable
Constructive processing - CORRECT ANSWER Retrieval of memories in which those
memories are altered, revised, or influenced by newer information
Declarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER Things that people know (or can know)
Echoic memory - CORRECT ANSWER Sounds
Elaborative rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER A method of transferring info from STM
to LTM by making that info meaningful in some way
Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER Converting environmental and mental stimuli into
memorable brain codes
Encoding specificity - CORRECT ANSWER Tendency for memory of info to be
improved if related info that is available when the memory is first formed is also available
when the memory is being retrieved
Flashbulb memory - CORRECT ANSWER Automatic encoding due to unexpected,
highly emotional event
Forgetting - CORRECT ANSWER Failure to properly store information for future use
Iconic memory - CORRECT ANSWER Things we see
, Information-processing model - CORRECT ANSWER Assumes the processing of info
for memory storage is similar to the way a computer processes memory in a series of 3 stages
Long-term memory - CORRECT ANSWER System of memory into which all the info
is placed to be kept more or less permanently
Maintenance rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER Staying something over and over in
your head in order to remember it in STM
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER System that senses, organizes, stores, and retrieves
information
Misinformation effect - CORRECT ANSWER misleading information presented after
event can affect memory accuracy for event
Procedural memory - CORRECT ANSWER Motor skills, habits, emotional
associations (typing, starting car)
Retrieval - CORRECT ANSWER pulling information from storage
Retrieval cues - CORRECT ANSWER a stimulus for remembering
Retrograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER loss of memory from the point of some
injury or trauma backwards, or loss of memory for the past
Selective attention - CORRECT ANSWER ability to focus on only one stimulus from
among all sensory input
Sensory memory - CORRECT ANSWER First state of memory; the point at which info
enters the nervous system through the sensory systems
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Anterograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER when memory for anything new
becomes impossible, although old memories may still be retrievable
Constructive processing - CORRECT ANSWER Retrieval of memories in which those
memories are altered, revised, or influenced by newer information
Declarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER Things that people know (or can know)
Echoic memory - CORRECT ANSWER Sounds
Elaborative rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER A method of transferring info from STM
to LTM by making that info meaningful in some way
Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER Converting environmental and mental stimuli into
memorable brain codes
Encoding specificity - CORRECT ANSWER Tendency for memory of info to be
improved if related info that is available when the memory is first formed is also available
when the memory is being retrieved
Flashbulb memory - CORRECT ANSWER Automatic encoding due to unexpected,
highly emotional event
Forgetting - CORRECT ANSWER Failure to properly store information for future use
Iconic memory - CORRECT ANSWER Things we see
, Information-processing model - CORRECT ANSWER Assumes the processing of info
for memory storage is similar to the way a computer processes memory in a series of 3 stages
Long-term memory - CORRECT ANSWER System of memory into which all the info
is placed to be kept more or less permanently
Maintenance rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER Staying something over and over in
your head in order to remember it in STM
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER System that senses, organizes, stores, and retrieves
information
Misinformation effect - CORRECT ANSWER misleading information presented after
event can affect memory accuracy for event
Procedural memory - CORRECT ANSWER Motor skills, habits, emotional
associations (typing, starting car)
Retrieval - CORRECT ANSWER pulling information from storage
Retrieval cues - CORRECT ANSWER a stimulus for remembering
Retrograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER loss of memory from the point of some
injury or trauma backwards, or loss of memory for the past
Selective attention - CORRECT ANSWER ability to focus on only one stimulus from
among all sensory input
Sensory memory - CORRECT ANSWER First state of memory; the point at which info
enters the nervous system through the sensory systems
