The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ___________________ effect?

A. Next-in-line
B. Misinformation
C. Serial position
D. Spacing

Repression is an example of __________________?

A. Encoding failure
B. Memory decay
C. Motivated forgetting
D. All of the above

The process of interference can lead to a failure in __________________?

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

When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened, which test of memory is being utilized?

A. Recall
B. Recognition
C. Rehearsal
D. Reconstruction

The greatest interference occurs when old and new material are __________________?

A. Learned through disturbed practice
B. Each learned on separate days
C. Automatically processed
D. Similar to each other

Echoic memories fade after approximately ________________?

A. 1 hour
B. 1 minute
C. 30 seconds
D. 1 second

Semantic memory and episodic memory are classes of _________________?

A. Short-term memory
B. Iconic memory
C. Explicit memory
D. Implicit memory

Which of the following is not a measure of retention?

A. Recall
B. Recognition
C. Relearning
D. Retrieval

We are more likely to remember the words “typewriter, cigarette and fire” than the words “void, process and inherent” because the first three words are more likely to be _________________ encoded?

A. Automatically
B. Visually
C. Proactively
D. Implicitly

The word meanings and other general knowledge stored in a person’s memory are considered ________________ information?

A. Episodic
B. Procedural
C. Semantic
D. Pre-attentive