Psychology 1010 Memory Review Questions and Correct Answers

Recall type of retrieval that requires you to produce an item from memory in response to a cue or question Recognition type of retrieval that requires you to judge whether you have encountered a stimulus previously Acquisition the processes of gaining new information and placing it in memory, encoding memories; intentional and incidental Intentional learning placing new information into memory in anticipation of being tested on it later Incidental learning learning without trying to learn, and often without awareness that learning is occurring Working memory immediately available, what we're thinking about right now Long-term memory storage of everything you know, huge capacity,less instantly available Primacy effect in free recall, the tendency to recall the first items on the list more readily than those in the middle Recency effect in free recall, the tendency to recall items at the end of the list more readily than those in the middle Chunking organize info into a smaller number of larger units Maintenance rehearsal mechanical repetition of material without thinking about its meaning or patterns Shallow processing an approach to memorization that involves focusing on the superficial characteristics of the stimulus, such as the sound of a word or the typeface in which its printed Deep processing emphasizes meaning, helps memory, forms connections between memories which serve as retrieval paths