A. chunking
B. over learning
C. meaningfulness
D. knowledge of results
Psychology Mcqs
Mnemonics are _________________________?
A. a characteristic of sound
B. techniques used to improve memory
C. the scientific term for a memory location in the brain
D. the sound produces when two notes an octave apart are played simultaneously
The “Saving method” developed by Ebbinghaus to measure memory performance was an early form of measuring ________________?
A. encoding specificity
B. semantic memory
C. implicit memory
D. deductive reasoning
Eidetic memory is most often found in __________________?
A. adults
B. depressed adults
C. children
D. mentally-retarded children
The area of the brain where short-term memories are transferred to long-term memory is the _________________?
A. medulla
B. hippocampus
C. pons
D. hypothalamus
The tip-of-tongue phenomenon is due to a difficulty in __________________?
A. encoding
B. storage
C. retrieval
D. working memory
Which of the following theorists invented the concept of the method of savings?
A. Bartlett
B. Chomsky
C. Craik
D. Ebbinghaus
Echoic memory refers to ____________________?
A. visual perception
B. eidetic perception
C. verbal codes
D. auditory perception
A brain tumor in the hippocampus of the brain would impair a person’s ability to learn new things while leaving their old memories intact. This condition is known as _________________?
A. retroactive inhibition
B. anterograde amnesia
C. proactive inhibition
D. retrograde amnesia
A woman met a car accident and after recovering, she cannot remember events right before the crash, it is called _________________?
A. anterograde amnesia
B. retrograde amnesia
C. anterograde interference
D. retrograde interference