Deck 7: Developing Your Memory

Question 1

What are the three parts of memory?

A) Sensory, echoic, and long-term
B) Hearing, visual, and retrieving
C) Sensory, working, and long-term
D) Visual, sensory, and long-term

Answer 1

Sensory, working, and long-term

Question 2

Acrostics and acronyms are examples of:

A) mind mapping.
B) word games.
C) the Peg system.
D) mnemonics.

Answer 2

mnemonics.

Question 3

Which of the following can have adverse effects on learning and memory?

A) Lack of sleep
B) A diet high in saturated fats
C) Alcohol consumption
D) All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

According to FOCUS, "To become a truly focused learner, you must ___________information as you go."

A) process
B) memorize
C) record
D) personalize

Question 5

Focusing requires what basic skill?

A) An excellent sensory memory
B) Haptic memory
C) Conscious decision-making
D) Slowing down

Question 6

What type of memory helps us process the world as we encounter it?

A) Sensory memory
B) Short-term memory
C) Working memory
D) Visual memory

Question 7

Trip links new information to old information, creates stories using new ideas, and organizes material into meaningful categories. Trip is using strategies that promote what memory process?

A) Retaining
B) Retrieving
C) Retelling
D) Chunking

Question 8

To do her absolute best in her Economics class, Laurie regularly manipulates the information she is learning in the class. Laurie is using which of the following techniques?

A) Kinesthetic
B) Focusing
C) Maintenance rehearsal
D) Elaborative rehearsal

Question 9

Sensory memory lasts for how long?

A) About 2-3 seconds
B) 1 -2 minutes
C) About a day for a healthy adult
D) Less than one second

Question 10

Chaz is preparing for his Appreciation of the Arts midterm. He knows that he will be expected to put a series of events into the correct chronological order. From the list below, which two study strategies may be best for Chaz to use?

A) Pay particular attention to the events that happen in the middle of the timeline; study for long periods of time to reinforce memory.
B) Focus on the beginning of the timeline and memorize events in sequential order; study in several short periods of time throughout the day.
C) Pay particular attention to the events that happen in the middle of the timeline; study in several short periods of time throughout the day.
D) Focus on the events that have personal meaning and learn the less familiar events by making flashcards; study in a group.

Question 11

Eric attends a jazz band concert to complete an assignment for his humanities course. He knows he will need to report on what he learned by attending the concert, including which of the tunes he most enjoyed and why. When he first heard the songs, they were perceived through his _______ sensory memory.

A) Haptic
B) Echoic
C) Iconic
D) Short-term

Question 12

Emotions

A) enhance memory.
B) impede memory.
C) block memory.
D) should be controlled.

Question 13

Of the VARK learning types listed below, which one represents the most active memory technique?

A) Aural
B) Reading/writing
C) Visual
D) Kinesthetic

Question 14

Bored and tired of studying, Ryan decides to turn his notes into a series of limericks. Ryan is:

A) using an effective memory-enhancing tool.
B) procrastinating.
C) doomed to fail.
D) using the Peg system.