Psych 100 Exam 3 (PSU Crosby) UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
anterograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER - when memory for anything new becomes
impossible, although old memories may still be retrievable
constructive processing - CORRECT ANSWER - Retrieval of memories in which those memories
are altered, revised, or influenced by newer information
declarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Things that people know (or can know)
echoic memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Sounds
elaborative rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER - A method of transferring info from STM to LTM by
making that info meaningful in some way
Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER - Converting environmental and mental stimuli into memorable
brain codes
encoding specificity - CORRECT ANSWER - Tendency for memory of info to be improved if
related info that is available when the memory is first formed is also available when the memory is being
retrieved
flashbulb memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Automatic encoding due to unexpected, highly
emotional event
Forgetting - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure to properly store information for future use
, iconic memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Things we see
information-processing model - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumes the processing of info for
memory storage is similar to the way a computer processes memory in a series of 3 stages
long-term memory - CORRECT ANSWER - System of memory into which all the info is placed to
be kept more or less permanently
maintenance rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER - Staying something over and over in your head in
order to remember it in STM
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER - System that senses, organizes, stores, and retrieves information
misinformation effect - CORRECT ANSWER - misleading information presented after event can
affect memory accuracy for event
procedural memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Motor skills, habits, emotional associations (typing,
starting car)
retrieval - CORRECT ANSWER - pulling information from storage
retrieval cues - CORRECT ANSWER - a stimulus for remembering
retrograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER - loss of memory from the point of some injury or
trauma backwards, or loss of memory for the past
selective attention - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to focus on only one stimulus from among all
sensory input
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
anterograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER - when memory for anything new becomes
impossible, although old memories may still be retrievable
constructive processing - CORRECT ANSWER - Retrieval of memories in which those memories
are altered, revised, or influenced by newer information
declarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Things that people know (or can know)
echoic memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Sounds
elaborative rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER - A method of transferring info from STM to LTM by
making that info meaningful in some way
Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER - Converting environmental and mental stimuli into memorable
brain codes
encoding specificity - CORRECT ANSWER - Tendency for memory of info to be improved if
related info that is available when the memory is first formed is also available when the memory is being
retrieved
flashbulb memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Automatic encoding due to unexpected, highly
emotional event
Forgetting - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure to properly store information for future use
, iconic memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Things we see
information-processing model - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumes the processing of info for
memory storage is similar to the way a computer processes memory in a series of 3 stages
long-term memory - CORRECT ANSWER - System of memory into which all the info is placed to
be kept more or less permanently
maintenance rehearsal - CORRECT ANSWER - Staying something over and over in your head in
order to remember it in STM
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER - System that senses, organizes, stores, and retrieves information
misinformation effect - CORRECT ANSWER - misleading information presented after event can
affect memory accuracy for event
procedural memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Motor skills, habits, emotional associations (typing,
starting car)
retrieval - CORRECT ANSWER - pulling information from storage
retrieval cues - CORRECT ANSWER - a stimulus for remembering
retrograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER - loss of memory from the point of some injury or
trauma backwards, or loss of memory for the past
selective attention - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to focus on only one stimulus from among all
sensory input
