The efficiency of memory can be increased if we organize information so that the amount of information in each unit increases while the number of separate units decreases. This process is called _________________?

A. Chunking
B. Rehearsal
C. Encoding
D. Retrieval

Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity?

A. Echoic memory
B. Short-term memory
C. State-dependent memory
D. Long-term memory

The impact of over-learning on retention best illustrates the value of _________________?

A. The method of loci
B. Automatic processing
C. Chunking
D. Rehearsal

Remembering how to solve a jigsaw puzzle without any conscious recollection that one can do so best illustrates ________________ memory?

A. Explicit
B. Flashbulb
C. Sensory
D. Implicit

Memories of traumatic physical abuse are most unlikely to be __________________?

A. Encoded
B. Repressed
C. Rehearsed
D. Retrieved

The three steps in memory information processing are ____________________?

A. Input, processing, output
B. Input, storage, output
C. Input, storage, retrieval
D. Encoding, storage, retrieval

Our inability to remember information presented in the seconds just before we fell asleep is most likely due to ____________________?

A. Encoding failure
B. The misinformation effect
C. Retroactive interference
D. Motivated forgetting

The term schema refers to _____________________?

A. A proposition
B. A control process in long-term memory
C. The mental representation of a concept
D. None of these

The decay of fading of memory with time is considered to be a failure in ________________?

A. Encoding
B. Storage
C. Retrieval
D. All of the above

Recalling childhood birthdays is an example of which type of memory?

A. Episodic
B. Implicit
C. Procedural
D. None of these