Psychology Exam test quiz and
answers graded A+
Information-processing theory - ANS✅✅an approach to the study of mental structures and
processes that uses the computer as a model for human thinking
encoding - ANS✅✅The process of transforming information into a form that can be stored in
memory
storage - ANS✅✅the process of keeping or maintaining information in memory
retrieval - ANS✅✅the process of bringing to mind information that has been stored in memory
memory - ANS✅✅a cognitive process that includes encoding, storage, and retrieval of information.
ESR
sensory memory - ANS✅✅the memory system that holds information from the senses for a period
of time ranging from only a fraction of a second to about 2 seconds.
short-term memory (STM) - ANS✅✅the memory system that codes information according to
sound and holds about seven (from 5-9) items for less than 30 seconds without rehearsal; also called
working memory.
displacement - ANS✅✅the event that occurs when short-term memory is filled to capacity and
each new, incoming item pushes out an existing item, which is then forgotten.
chunking - ANS✅✅a memory strategy that involves grouping or organizing bits of information into
larger units, which are easier to remember.
rehearsal - ANS✅✅the acts of purposely repeating information to maintain it in short-term
memory.
, working memory - ANS✅✅The memory subsystem that we use when we try to understand
information, remember it, or use it to solve a problem or communicate with someone.
maintenance rehearsal - ANS✅✅repeating information in short-term memory until it is no longer
needed; may eventually lead to storage of information on long-term memory.
elaborative rehearsal - ANS✅✅a memory strategy that involves relating new information to
something that is already known.
long-term memory (LTM) - ANS✅✅the memory system with a virtually unlimited capacity that
contains vast stores of a person's permanent or relatively permanent memories.
declarative memory - ANS✅✅the subsystem within long-term memory that stores facts,
information, and personal life events that can be brought to mind verbally or in the form of images
and then declared or stated; also called explicit memory.
episodic memory - ANS✅✅the type of declarative memory that records events as they have been
subjectively experienced.
semantic memory - ANS✅✅the type of declarative memory that stores general knowledge, or
objective facts and information.
nondeclarative memory - ANS✅✅the subsystem within long-term memory that stores motor skills,
habits, and simple classically conditioned responses; also called implicit memory.
priming - ANS✅✅the phenomenon by which an earlier encounter with stimulus (such as a word or
a picture) increases the speed or accuracy of naming that stimulus or a related stimulus at a later
time.
recall - ANS✅✅a memory task in which a person must produce required information by searching
memory.
retrieval cue - ANS✅✅any stimulus or bit of information that aids in retrieving particular
information from long term memory.
answers graded A+
Information-processing theory - ANS✅✅an approach to the study of mental structures and
processes that uses the computer as a model for human thinking
encoding - ANS✅✅The process of transforming information into a form that can be stored in
memory
storage - ANS✅✅the process of keeping or maintaining information in memory
retrieval - ANS✅✅the process of bringing to mind information that has been stored in memory
memory - ANS✅✅a cognitive process that includes encoding, storage, and retrieval of information.
ESR
sensory memory - ANS✅✅the memory system that holds information from the senses for a period
of time ranging from only a fraction of a second to about 2 seconds.
short-term memory (STM) - ANS✅✅the memory system that codes information according to
sound and holds about seven (from 5-9) items for less than 30 seconds without rehearsal; also called
working memory.
displacement - ANS✅✅the event that occurs when short-term memory is filled to capacity and
each new, incoming item pushes out an existing item, which is then forgotten.
chunking - ANS✅✅a memory strategy that involves grouping or organizing bits of information into
larger units, which are easier to remember.
rehearsal - ANS✅✅the acts of purposely repeating information to maintain it in short-term
memory.
, working memory - ANS✅✅The memory subsystem that we use when we try to understand
information, remember it, or use it to solve a problem or communicate with someone.
maintenance rehearsal - ANS✅✅repeating information in short-term memory until it is no longer
needed; may eventually lead to storage of information on long-term memory.
elaborative rehearsal - ANS✅✅a memory strategy that involves relating new information to
something that is already known.
long-term memory (LTM) - ANS✅✅the memory system with a virtually unlimited capacity that
contains vast stores of a person's permanent or relatively permanent memories.
declarative memory - ANS✅✅the subsystem within long-term memory that stores facts,
information, and personal life events that can be brought to mind verbally or in the form of images
and then declared or stated; also called explicit memory.
episodic memory - ANS✅✅the type of declarative memory that records events as they have been
subjectively experienced.
semantic memory - ANS✅✅the type of declarative memory that stores general knowledge, or
objective facts and information.
nondeclarative memory - ANS✅✅the subsystem within long-term memory that stores motor skills,
habits, and simple classically conditioned responses; also called implicit memory.
priming - ANS✅✅the phenomenon by which an earlier encounter with stimulus (such as a word or
a picture) increases the speed or accuracy of naming that stimulus or a related stimulus at a later
time.
recall - ANS✅✅a memory task in which a person must produce required information by searching
memory.
retrieval cue - ANS✅✅any stimulus or bit of information that aids in retrieving particular
information from long term memory.
