Ap Psychology

Front 1

If you learn four sets of material that are similar to one another, you are likey to forget more than if you had learned four entirely different kids of info. Why are you more likely to forget the similar sets of information?

Back 1

Interference

Front 2

You don't have a phone book and you are trying to remember the phone number of the local pizza parlor. You must rely on:

Back 2

Recall

Front 3

You read the list "robin, sparrow, tractor, blue jay, crow, wren, pigeon." Why is it that you are particularly likey to remember the word tractor?

Back 3

Von Restoroff Effect

Front 4

Viewing memory as a process in which items enter memory and go from a brieff sensory store to short-term memory to long-term memory permanent memory is:

Back 4

An Information- Processing Model

Front 5

An association that facilitates remembering info in long-term memory is known as a _________ cue.

Back 5

Retrieval

Front 6

Which type of memory can store the largest amount of info?

Back 6

Long-Term Memory

Front 7

"The magical number seven, plus or minus two" refers to the capacity of:

Back 7

Short-Term Memory

Front 8

The telephone company's use of area codes (217) and a 3-digit local exchange followed by 4-digit numbers makes it easier to remember the numbers of several different friends because of:

Back 8

Chunking

Front 9

In working memory the component that is responsible for governing shifts of attention is called:

Back 9

Central Executive

Front 10

After you witness a robbery, you have trouble describing a thief. The police show you several photographs and ask whether any of them was the guily person. They are checking your memory by what method?

Back 10

Recognition

Front 11

Memory of a particular event in your life is ____________; memory for factual info is _________.

Back 11

Episodic Memory; Semantic Memory

Front 12

Remembering some fact that you have heard, but forgetting where or how you learned the fact is called:

Back 12

Source Amnesia

Front 13

Emotional intensity increases the __________ of a memory, but does not __________.

Back 13

Vividness; Guarentee Accuracy

Front 14

Activation of the sympathetic nervous system enhances the formation of long-term memories by:

Back 14

Raising the level of glucose available in the brain

Front 15

Your history teacher gives you a list of the initials of all the U.S. presidents and vice presidents and asks you to fill in the names. What kind of memory test is this?

Back 15

Cued Recall