Which of the following was not recommended as a strategy for improving memory?

A. Active rehearsal
B. Distributive study
C. Speed reading
D. Encoding meaningful associations

Words, events, places and emotions that trigger our memory of the past are called __________________?

A. Context effects
B. Iconic traces
C. Retrieval cues
D. Schemas

Our short-term memory span is approximately ________________ items?

A. 2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 10

A mnemonic device is a ____________________?

A. Mental picture
B. Test or measure of memory
C. Technique of encoding language sounds
D. Memory aid

Memory techniques such as method of loci, acronyms and the peg-word system are called __________________?

A. Consolidation devices
B. Imagery techniques
C. Encoding strategies
D. Mnemonic devices

Cognitive psychologists often liken the short-term store of the mind to which part of a computer?

A. The keyboard
B. The printer
C. The central processing unit
D. The monitor

When you perform a learned skill or a habitual response, you are calling on ________________ memory?

A. Semantic
B. Procedural
C. Episodic
D. Declarative

The process that controls the flow of information from the sensory store into the short-term store is ________________?

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

The process of getting information out of memory storage is known as __________________?

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

The process that controls the movement of information from the short-term store into the long-term store is __________________?

A. Retrieval
B. Attention
C. Encoding
D. Recall