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1

Combining individual items into larger units of meaning is called chunking.
A)T
B)F
2

The best technique for transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory is maintenance rehearsal.
A)T
B)F
3

A U-shaped pattern that shows that recall is influenced by a word's position in a series of items is called the primacy effect.
A)T
B)F
4

According to Paivio's dual coding theory, memory is improved by encoding information using both verbal and visual cues.
A)T
B)F
5

An organized pattern of thought about some aspect of the world is called a schema.
A)T
B)F
6

Our store of knowledge concerning our own personal experiences is called declarative memory.
A)T
B)F
7

The theory of context dependent memory is that people can best remember something in a different environment from that in which they first encoded it.
A)T
B)F
8

Proactive interference occurs when a person makes a concerted effort to learn new things that will interfere with things formerly remembered.
A)T
B)F
9

Studies of the biology of memory indicate that the hippocampus plays a major role in encoding long-term declarative memories.
A)T
B)F
10

Synaptic connections seem to become stronger as a result of the stimulation involved in memory.
A)T
B)F





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