Psychology MCQs

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An ability to learn new information and form new long-term memories is called ________________?
A. Retroactive amnesia
B. Proactive amnesia
C. Anterograde amnesia
D. Implicit amnesia
Iconic memory decay in under two seconds from the _______________?
A. Short-term store
B. Hippocampus
C. Long-term store
D. Sensory register
Those items that are most likely to be forgotten are those ___________________?
A. With the least digits/letters
B. At the beginning of a long list
C. In the middle of a long list
D. At the end of a long list
The process of encoding refers to _____________________?
A. The persistence of learning over time
B. The recall of information previously learned
C. Getting information into memory
D. A clear memory of an emotionally significant event
In contrast to a dissimilar-items list, a similar-items list is __________________?
A. More difficult to learn
B. Easier to learn
C. Learned with equivalent ease
D. More susceptible to the serial position effect