GCSE Psychology - Memory #1

Some memories are stored in terms of their meaning. Which type of encoding is this?

• Visual

• Acoustic

• Semantic

• Tactile

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Processes of memory

The three stages of memory (in the correct order) are:

• Encoding, retrieval, storage

• Visual encoding, acoustic encoding, retrieval

• Encoding, storage, retrieval

• Encoding, recognition, retrieval

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Processes of memory

The 3 types of long term memory are:

• Episodic, acoustic, semantic

• Visual, semantic, procedural

• Recognition, acoustic, episodic

• Episodic, semantic, procedural

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Processes of memory

Which of the following type of long term memory is non-declarative?

• Episodic

• Acoustic

• Procedural

• Semantic

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Processes of memory

'Coding is mostly acoustic and capacity is between 5 and 9 items'. Which memory store is being described?

• Short term memory

• Sensory memory

• Visual memory

• Long term memory

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Multi-store memory

Information gets into your long term memory through:

• Attention

• Visual encoding

• Rehearsal

• Recognition

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Multi-store memory

The dependent variable in Murdock's study was the:

• Position of the word in the list

• Probability of a word being correctly recalled

• Total number of words correctly recalled

• The number of participants involved

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Murdock's serial position curve study

A weakness of Murdock's serial position curve study was that:

• Ecological validity was low

• It was conducted as a laboratory experiment

• Words in the list were randomly selected

• There were several ethical issues

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Murdock's serial position curve study

Bartlett believed that memory is:

• Acoustic

• Procedural

• Reconstructive

• Declarative

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Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study

A weakness of Bartlett's 'War of the Ghosts' study is that:

• The were many ethical issues

• Participants were aware of the study so changed their behaviour

• The story was unusual so didn't reflect everyday memory processes

• The study was complete as field research

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Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study