Understanding Memory QCAA Psychology Unit 3

Transfer of material from short-term to long-term memory requires which of the following processes?

• encryption

• encoding

• transmission

• transduction

Iconic images are considered to be those that register in which type of memory?

• visual sensory memory

• short-term memory

•      long-term memory

• auditory sensory memory

What is the duration of short-term memory for the average adult considered to be?

• 7 + 2 seconds

• 30 minutes

• 12–30 seconds

• 5 minutes

Tony is an elderly retired plumber. He can easily remember how to attach a new tap to a water pipe but he cannot recall the names of his new neighbours. Tony’s __________ memory is better than his ____________ memory.

• implicit; explicit

• explicit; implicit

• prospective; retrospective

• episodic; prospective

Which of the following statements is true of sensory memory?

• Sensory memory prevents long-term memory from being overloaded.

• Incoming information decays slowly

• Sensory memory has implicit and explicit sensory registers

• Information stored in sensory memory is outside awareness and not processed.

Which of the following statements is not true of episodic memory?

• Sensory memory consists of memories of events.

• Sensory memory has retrospective and prospective types of memories

• Sensory memory forms part of long-term declarative memory.

• Sensory memory is memory for general knowledge or facts.

A skill that does not require conscious recollection by our memory is what kind of memory?

• implicit memory

• explicit memory

• episodic memory

• retrospective memory

Which term is used for how much information can be held in a memory store?

• Coding

• Capacity

• Duration

• Rehearsal

Which term is used for the length of time information can be held in memory?

• Coding

• Capacity

• Duration

• Chunking

Which term refers to the format in which information is stored in the various memory stores?

• Coding

• Chunking

• Duration

• Capacity