The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon arises from difficulty with which memory process?
Correct answer C. Retrieval
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Which memory process is disrupted by retroactive interference?
Correct answer A. Retrieval
What is the conscious repetition of information to keep it in memory called?
Correct answer D. Rehearsal
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The effect of overlearning on retention best shows the value of what?
Correct answer D. Rehearsal
What are memories of traumatic physical abuse most unlikely to be?
Correct answer A. Repressed
What are the three stages of information processing in memory?
Correct answer D. Encoding, storage, retrieval
What does the term schema refer to in psychology?
Correct answer B. The mental representation of a concept
The gradual fading or decay of memory over time is regarded as a failure of which process?
Correct answer C. Storage
Repression is an example of which of the following?
Correct answer C. Motivated forgetting
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Interference can cause a failure at which stage of memory?
Correct answer B. Any of the above
When does the greatest interference between old and new material occur?
Correct answer A. When they are similar to each other
Approximately how long do echoic memories last before fading?
Correct answer D. 1 second
Semantic and episodic memory are both types of which memory?
Correct answer C. Explicit memory
What are words, events, places and emotions that prompt us to remember the past called?
Correct answer A. Retrieval cues
Approximately how many items can short-term memory hold?
Correct answer D. 7
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What is a mnemonic device?
Correct answer C. A memory aid
What are memory techniques such as the method of loci, acronyms and the peg-word system called?
Correct answer A. Mnemonic devices
Which type of memory do you draw on when performing a learned skill or habitual response?
Correct answer D. Procedural
What is the process of getting information back out of memory storage called?
Correct answer A. Retrieval
What is the disruptive effect of earlier learning on recalling new information called?
Correct answer C. Proactive interference