AP®︎ Psychology: Topic 2.5 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 2.5 of AP Psychology – Storing Memories.
Questions List
Topic 2.5
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: 2.5.A.1
What type of memory holds information from our senses briefly?
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Topic 2.5: Storing Memories
Learning Objective: 2.5.A
Explain how memory storage processes retain information in memory.
Essential Knowledge: 2.5.A.1
Sensory memory, short-term memory, working memory, and long-term memory are processes that differ in storage duration, capacity, and content.
Essential Knowledge: 2.5.A.2
Storage may be prolonged by rehearsing information over time (maintenance rehearsal). Rehearsing information over time in ways that promote meaning (elaborative rehearsal) helps with memory retention.
Essential Knowledge: 2.5.A.3
Some people demonstrate highly superior autobiographical memory which may indicate that there are biological processes for superior memory storage. Autobiographical memory may also explain why memories connected to our own lives or selves are more memorable.
Essential Knowledge: 2.5.A.4
Storage processes may be negatively affected by physical impairment and developmental limitations, such as amnesia (retrograde and anterograde), Alzheimer’s disease, and infantile amnesia.
