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PSYCH 101 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 2 PORTAGE
LEARNING NEWEST 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+|
What is inattentional blindness? - ANSWER-failure to notice
something that is completely visible because of a lack of attention
What is encoding? - ANSWER-input of info into our memory
system
Encoding broken down into 2 sub categories. - ANSWER--
Automatic: info encoded easily
(time, space, meaning of words)
- Effortful: info that is worked on and requires attention
(study for exam)
Types of encoding - ANSWER-visual, acoustic, semantic
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What is storage? - ANSWER-creation of permanent records of
information
3 Stages
- sensory
- short
- long
3 stages of storage - ANSWER-1) sensory memory: storage of
brief sensory events
- lasts few seconds
- visual, auditory, smells
- cannot all be taken in
- not valuable: eliminate
- not processed
2) short term memory: lasts 20 seconds
- working memory
- takes from sensory memory and connects to something already
in long term
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- rehersal
- memory consolidation
3) long term memory: "permanet storage"
- no limit
- extends from a few minutes ago to years ago
- some memories are stronger than others
- prompts to remember
- come up without cues
Types of long term memory. - ANSWER-1) explicit: consciously
remember and recall
- takes effort, facts, and personal experiences
- episodic: episodes or experiences in our lives
- semantic: factual knowledge
2) implicit: unconscious memory
- procedural: how to do something
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- emotional: classical conditioning emotions
What is retrieval? - ANSWER-bringing info from LTM or STM
Types of retrieval - ANSWER-- recognition: recognizing things you
previously learned, sometimes using cues
- recall: remembering without cues
- relearning: learning something that you previously learned
context vs state dependent memory - ANSWER-- C: memory tied
to place or things that are happening when you created it
- S: memory tied to emotions felt when you created it
What is equipotentiality? - ANSWER-if one area of brain's
memory is damaged, other areas take over
group of neurons that are physically your memories - ANSWER-
engrams
PSYCH 101 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 2 PORTAGE
LEARNING NEWEST 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+|
What is inattentional blindness? - ANSWER-failure to notice
something that is completely visible because of a lack of attention
What is encoding? - ANSWER-input of info into our memory
system
Encoding broken down into 2 sub categories. - ANSWER--
Automatic: info encoded easily
(time, space, meaning of words)
- Effortful: info that is worked on and requires attention
(study for exam)
Types of encoding - ANSWER-visual, acoustic, semantic
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What is storage? - ANSWER-creation of permanent records of
information
3 Stages
- sensory
- short
- long
3 stages of storage - ANSWER-1) sensory memory: storage of
brief sensory events
- lasts few seconds
- visual, auditory, smells
- cannot all be taken in
- not valuable: eliminate
- not processed
2) short term memory: lasts 20 seconds
- working memory
- takes from sensory memory and connects to something already
in long term
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- rehersal
- memory consolidation
3) long term memory: "permanet storage"
- no limit
- extends from a few minutes ago to years ago
- some memories are stronger than others
- prompts to remember
- come up without cues
Types of long term memory. - ANSWER-1) explicit: consciously
remember and recall
- takes effort, facts, and personal experiences
- episodic: episodes or experiences in our lives
- semantic: factual knowledge
2) implicit: unconscious memory
- procedural: how to do something
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- emotional: classical conditioning emotions
What is retrieval? - ANSWER-bringing info from LTM or STM
Types of retrieval - ANSWER-- recognition: recognizing things you
previously learned, sometimes using cues
- recall: remembering without cues
- relearning: learning something that you previously learned
context vs state dependent memory - ANSWER-- C: memory tied
to place or things that are happening when you created it
- S: memory tied to emotions felt when you created it
What is equipotentiality? - ANSWER-if one area of brain's
memory is damaged, other areas take over
group of neurons that are physically your memories - ANSWER-
engrams
