Memory Quiz

The loss of painful memories, or protective memory loss, is also known as:

• A. motivated forgetting

• B. retrieval failure

• C. proactive interference

• D. retroactive interference

The theory of forgetting stating that a “memory trace fades with time” is known as:

• A. motivated forgetting

• B. retrieval failure

• C. retroactive interference

• D. decay theory

3. The part of the brain that contains most of your memories, and therefore your personality, is:

• A. the brainstem

• B. the neocortex

• C. the cerebellum

• D. the hippocampus

4. Through the process of chunking, working memory can hold this many items at 1 time:

• A. 1-5

• B. 10-16

• C. 5-9

• D. 20

5. Short-term memory (without rehearsal) generally lasts:

• A. about an hour

• B. 1-5 minutes

• C. 5-10 minutes

• D. 3-30 seconds

A memory of a specific event is known as:

• episodic

• semantic

• implicit

• sensory

The process of identifying items that you’ve encountered before is called ____(1)____, while the process of bringing something back to mind (reconstructing something in your mind) is called ____(2)_____.

• (1) = recall, (2) = recognition

• (1) = recognition, (2) = recall

• (1) = short-term memory, (2) = long-term memory

• (1) = long-term memory, (2) = short-term memory

A memory of a specific fact is known as:

• episodic

• semantic

• implicit

• sensory

9. A memory of a specific skill is known as:

• episodic

• semantic

• implicit

• sensory

The ____(1)____ of a neuron receives impulses from other cells, while the ___(2)___ sends impulses away from the neuron, to other cells:

• A. (1) = cell body, (2) = synapse

• B. (1) = dendrite, (2) = axon

• C. (1) = axon, (2) = dendrite

• D. (1) = dendrite, (2) = synapse