Psychology: Memory

'Coding is acoustic, capacity is limited and duration is between 18 and 30 seconds.' Which memory store is being described?

• Sensory register

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Procedural memory

The term coding refers to what?

• The format in which information is stored in memory

• The length of time information is stored for in memory

• The amount of information that can be stored in memory at any one time

• The transfer of information from one memory store to another

Which of these statements best describes LTM?

• Memory store with limited capacity and acoustic coding

• Permanent memory store, with semantic coding

• Temporary memory store with visual coding

• Memory store with semantic coding and limited capacity

Peterson and Peterson investigated:

• The capacity of STM

• The duration of STM

• The coding of STM

• The duration of LTM

Which of the following are features of the sensory register?

• It has a capacity of seven items, plus or minus two.

• Memories in the register can last up to a lifetime.

• The capacity if very large

• Coding is semantic

The multi-store model describes which of following memory stores?

• Short-term memory and long-term memory only

• Sensory register, long-term memory and short-term memory

• Episodic memory, semantic memory and procedural memory

• Good memory and poor memory

'The process by which information is held in STM by repeating over and over again.' What is being described here?

• Retrieval

• Consolidation

• Elaborative rehearsal

• Maintenance rehearsal

The case of HM supports the multi-store model because he:

• Had a poor LTM and poor STM

• Had a good immediate memory span but could not remember whom he had spoken to just one hour earlier.

• Could never learn a new skill or remember practising it

• Had a good STM span for digits but a poor one for letters

Which of the following are most likely to be stored in episodic long-term memory

• Memories for facts such as 'Elizabeth Loftus is a psychologist.'

• Memories of events that have happened to us at various times, involving other people and places.

• Our knowledge of what words mean.

• Memories of our skilled actions, such as being able to play the guitar.

Cohen and Squire disagree with Tulving's three types of LTM. Which of the following do they suggest instead?

• Declarative memory and procedural memory

• Short-term memory and long-term memory

• Episodic memory and semantic memory

• Sensory memory and iconic memory