26 Retrieval Activity 1

Let’s practice basic retrieval. Answer the following general knowledge questions. You should have learned or heard of most of this information before.

Did you get the questions correct? I’m most concerned that you understood the retrieval process. Did you get a sense of how easily available some of that information was or how, for some of the questions, there was no way you were going to recall the correct answer today. For most of us, the knowledge is somewhere in long-term memory, but we do not have access to it because it wasn’t well encoded (no elaboration or association) or at this moment we do not have cues or reminders available to help us access it. Have you ever considered writing down a response on an exam, “I know the answer, but I just cannot find it right now.” It is humorous but not completely wrong!