PS102 Test 2 Questions and All Correct
Answers 2026-2027 Edition.
Information processing theory - Answer info is stored and retrieved piece by piece
Parallel distributed theory - Answer memories are stored as a large web of information
Types of encoding - Answer phonological (sound), visual, semantic (meaning)
Automatic processing - Answer automatically remember something with no effort
Effortful processing - Answer have to work to remember something
Working memory - Answer short term memory store for information you are thinking about
right now (5-9 pieces of information)
Long-term memory - Answer all the information we have gathered that is available for use
(unlimited capacity)
Chunking - Answer organizing information in groups
PQRST - Answer Preview, Question, Read, State, Test
Schemas - Answer organize information according to categories created by previous learning
Explicit memory - Answer conscious memories (home address, date of birth)
Semantic memory - Answer memory of facts
Episodic memory - Answer memory of personal events
Implicit memory - Answer unconscious memories (riding a bike)
Retrieval cues - Answer words, sites or other stimuli that trigger a memory
, Context effects - Answer remembering things better when they are first learned
Priming - Answer one piece of information helps up retrieve related memories
Decay theory - Answer memory traces fade over time
Interference theory - Answer the theory that forgetting is caused by one memory competing
with or replacing another (romantic partners)
Source monitoring - Answer making inferences about where memories came from
Misinformation - Answer new info that is wrong or misleading
Biology of memory - Answer memory is formed by chemical and structural changes at the
neuron
Anterograde amnesia - Answer can't form new memories
Retrograde amnesia - Answer old memories are lost
Dementia - Answer memory and cognitive loss
Alzheimer's disease - Answer most common form of dementia, loss of overall activity in the
brain
Ways to improve memory - Answer sleep well, mnemonics, relate information, deep
processing
Intelligence - Answer ability to learn, meet demands of the environment effectively and
control one's mental activities
Metacognition - Answer ability to understand one's mental activities
Sternberg's Triarchic Theory - Answer intelligence is made up of internal, external and
contextual components
Answers 2026-2027 Edition.
Information processing theory - Answer info is stored and retrieved piece by piece
Parallel distributed theory - Answer memories are stored as a large web of information
Types of encoding - Answer phonological (sound), visual, semantic (meaning)
Automatic processing - Answer automatically remember something with no effort
Effortful processing - Answer have to work to remember something
Working memory - Answer short term memory store for information you are thinking about
right now (5-9 pieces of information)
Long-term memory - Answer all the information we have gathered that is available for use
(unlimited capacity)
Chunking - Answer organizing information in groups
PQRST - Answer Preview, Question, Read, State, Test
Schemas - Answer organize information according to categories created by previous learning
Explicit memory - Answer conscious memories (home address, date of birth)
Semantic memory - Answer memory of facts
Episodic memory - Answer memory of personal events
Implicit memory - Answer unconscious memories (riding a bike)
Retrieval cues - Answer words, sites or other stimuli that trigger a memory
, Context effects - Answer remembering things better when they are first learned
Priming - Answer one piece of information helps up retrieve related memories
Decay theory - Answer memory traces fade over time
Interference theory - Answer the theory that forgetting is caused by one memory competing
with or replacing another (romantic partners)
Source monitoring - Answer making inferences about where memories came from
Misinformation - Answer new info that is wrong or misleading
Biology of memory - Answer memory is formed by chemical and structural changes at the
neuron
Anterograde amnesia - Answer can't form new memories
Retrograde amnesia - Answer old memories are lost
Dementia - Answer memory and cognitive loss
Alzheimer's disease - Answer most common form of dementia, loss of overall activity in the
brain
Ways to improve memory - Answer sleep well, mnemonics, relate information, deep
processing
Intelligence - Answer ability to learn, meet demands of the environment effectively and
control one's mental activities
Metacognition - Answer ability to understand one's mental activities
Sternberg's Triarchic Theory - Answer intelligence is made up of internal, external and
contextual components
