Memory quiz 1

The reconstructive memory theory suggests that

• Bartlett's data was biased

• memory is an active process

• every day words were changed

• words like 'canoes' became 'boats'

Effort after meaning means

• putting in effort to remember a memory

• putting effort into recalling meaningful memories

• putting in effort to recall the meaning of a memory

• recalling the gist of a memory then adding the details

The basic process of memory is

• encoding, storage, retrieval

• sensory, short-term, long-term

• semantic, procedural, episodic

• interference, context and false memories

Recalling the right answer in a multiple choice test is an example of

• context

• recognition

• free recall

• cued recall

Bartlett suggested

• the multi store memory model

• the primacy and recency effects

• memories are inaccurate

• the serial position curve study

The multi store memory model is too simple because

• we know that there are three types of retrieval

• we know there is more than one long term memory store

• we know the long term store can hold more information than the theory suggests

• we know that the hippocampus plays a role in long term memory

Research shows that interference is strongest when

• the context has changed

• it's tested with an artificial task

• two activities are similar

• using word lists

Encoding is

• changing information by how it looks so it can be stored

• encoding with meaning

• taking in information

• changing information into a form so it can be held in the brain

Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study lacks control. What is the next sentence to this evaluation point?

• This means the results lack validity.

• It was conducted casually without specific instructions about what participants should do.

• This means we can not trust the results.

• This suggests that his study is biased.

We can not fully trust the results of Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study because...

• the story was unusual and didn't reflect every day memory processes.

• the story wasn't based on anything real.

• the story made very little sense to the participants.

• the participants were all psychology students.