A. sensory memory
B. long term memory
C. short term memory
D. implicit memory
Psychology Mcqs
Forgetting that occurs solely as a function of the passage of time is called _______________?
A. amnesia
B. decay
C. adaptation
D. interference
The process by which a stimulus is attended to, identified, studied and incorporated into memory is called ________________?
A. storage
B. reasoning
C. encoding
D. retrieval
Those items that are most likely to be forgotten are those ___________________?
A. with the least digits/letters
B. at the beginning of a long list
C. in the middle of a long list
D. at the end of a long list
The process of encoding refers to _____________________?
A. the persistence of learning over time
B. the recall of information previously learned
C. getting information into memory
D. a clear memory of an emotionally significant event
In contrast to a dissimilar-items list, a similar-items list is __________________?
A. more difficult to learn
B. easier to learn
C. learned with equivalent ease
D. more susceptible to the serial position effect
The method of Loci is an example of _________________?
A. the primary effect
B. the recency effect
C. a mnemonic
D. a heuristic
The process of getting information out of memory storage is called __________________?
A. encoding
B. relearning
C. retrieval
D. rehearsal
Which memory holds a large amount of information for about 2 seconds?
A. tactile memory
B. echoic memory
C. iconic memory
D. short-term memory
The tip-of-tongue phenomenon is due to a difficulty in ________________?
A. encoding
B. storage
C. retrieval
D. working memory