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20: OCR Memory - MSM

Authored by Catherine Clarke

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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20: OCR Memory - MSM
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is the correct order?

sensory store, short-term memory, long-term memory

short-term memory, long-term memory, sensory store

long-term memory, sensory store, short-term memory

short-term memory, sensory store, long-term memory

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What transfers information from the sensory store to short-term memory?

attention

maintenance rehearsal

prolonged rehearsal

retrieval

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

There are three types of forgetting - decay, displacement, and retrieval failure. Which two can explain why information may be lost from short-term memory?

decay

displacement

retrieval failure

Answer explanation

If information isn't rehearsed, it decays from STM. In addition, if new information comes in which pushes STM over its capacity, the new information displaces the old.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which has a large capacity but short duration?

sensory store

short-term memory

long-term memory

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What's the duration of short-term memory?

approximately 2 seconds

15-30 seconds without rehearsal

potentially forever

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which encodes information in a mainly semantic way?

sensory store

short-term memory

long-term memory

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Short-term memory relies mainly on which type of encoding?

auditory

olfactory

semantic

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