PSY Exam-2 (Chapters 5-12)
1. As you are reading this question right now, you are consciously processing the meaning of
the words in which stage of memory?
a. sensory memory
b. short-term memory
c. long-term memory
d. episodic memory
2. At age 80, Bonita recalls the wonderful summers she spent with her grandparents during
her childhood. She talks about the market in town where you could buy freshly churned ice
cream and garden vegetables, the county fair, and bonfires where her grandmother would
make s'mores for the family. Bonita's recollections are an example of _____
a. sensory memory
b. short-term memory
c. long term memory
d. recognition memory
3. Which of the following is NOT a possible cause of forgetting described in your textbook?
a. consolidation
b. decay
c. encoding failure
d. interference
4. According to Freud, _____ memories remain unconscious yet are still capable of
influencing behavior and personality.
a. repressed
b. suppressed
1. As you are reading this question right now, you are consciously processing the meaning of
the words in which stage of memory?
a. sensory memory
b. short-term memory
c. long-term memory
d. episodic memory
2. At age 80, Bonita recalls the wonderful summers she spent with her grandparents during
her childhood. She talks about the market in town where you could buy freshly churned ice
cream and garden vegetables, the county fair, and bonfires where her grandmother would
make s'mores for the family. Bonita's recollections are an example of _____
a. sensory memory
b. short-term memory
c. long term memory
d. recognition memory
3. Which of the following is NOT a possible cause of forgetting described in your textbook?
a. consolidation
b. decay
c. encoding failure
d. interference
4. According to Freud, _____ memories remain unconscious yet are still capable of
influencing behavior and personality.
a. repressed
b. suppressed
