PSY 201 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Implicit Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Unconscious retention of
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information.
Types: Procedural
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Encoded with Cerebellum
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Explicit Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Conscious, intentional
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retention of information; e.g. recalling one's SSN.
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Types: Declarative, Semantic, Episodic
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Encoded with Hippocampus
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Procedural Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Recall of how to do things
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physically.
Usually considered implicit memory, as it doesn't involve conscious
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memory.
Gradual acquisition of skills as a result of practice.
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Declarative Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Recall of factual info, e.g.
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dates, events, concepts.
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,Usually considered explicit because it is intentionally stored in memory.
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Encoded with Hippocampus.
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Semantic Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Declarative Memory
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Recall of general facts
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Episodic Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Declarative Memory
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Recall of personal facts, usually of emotional significance and often
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related to a specific event.
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Iconic Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fast-decaying store of visual
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information
Echoic Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fast-decaying store of auditory
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information
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Rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The process of keeping information
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in short-term memory by mentally repeating it.
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Chunking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Combining small pieces of
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information into larger clusters that are more easily held in short-term
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memory.
, Working Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Active maintenance of
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information in short-term storage.
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Long-term Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A type of storage that
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holds information for hours, days, weeks, years.
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Hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stores information in long-term
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memory.
Consolidation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A process by which memories
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become stable in the brain.
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State-dependent retrieval - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The tendency for
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information to be better recalled when the person is in the same state
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during encoding and retrieval.
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Priming - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An enhanced ability to think of a
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stimulus, such as a word or object, as a result of recent exposure to the
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stimulus.
Implicit memory
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Transience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Forgetting what occurs with the
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passage of time. | |
Correct Answers
Implicit Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Unconscious retention of
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information.
Types: Procedural
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Encoded with Cerebellum
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Explicit Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Conscious, intentional
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retention of information; e.g. recalling one's SSN.
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Types: Declarative, Semantic, Episodic
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Encoded with Hippocampus
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Procedural Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Recall of how to do things
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physically.
Usually considered implicit memory, as it doesn't involve conscious
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memory.
Gradual acquisition of skills as a result of practice.
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Declarative Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Recall of factual info, e.g.
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dates, events, concepts.
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,Usually considered explicit because it is intentionally stored in memory.
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Encoded with Hippocampus.
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Semantic Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Declarative Memory
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Recall of general facts
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Episodic Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Declarative Memory
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Recall of personal facts, usually of emotional significance and often
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related to a specific event.
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Iconic Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fast-decaying store of visual
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information
Echoic Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fast-decaying store of auditory
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information
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Rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The process of keeping information
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in short-term memory by mentally repeating it.
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Chunking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Combining small pieces of
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information into larger clusters that are more easily held in short-term
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memory.
, Working Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Active maintenance of
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information in short-term storage.
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Long-term Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A type of storage that
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holds information for hours, days, weeks, years.
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Hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stores information in long-term
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memory.
Consolidation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A process by which memories
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become stable in the brain.
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State-dependent retrieval - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The tendency for
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information to be better recalled when the person is in the same state
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during encoding and retrieval.
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Priming - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An enhanced ability to think of a
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stimulus, such as a word or object, as a result of recent exposure to the
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stimulus.
Implicit memory
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Transience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Forgetting what occurs with the
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passage of time. | |
