Process and Reliability of Memory

Memory is best described as

• A. a unitary system through which information flows back and forth.

• B. the storage and recovery of information acquired through learning.

• C. a multi-store system in which all information is continually processed.

• D. three independent systems called sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory.

Which type of long-term memory is likely to be involved when a person recalls how to switch on an iPad after not having used one for some time?

• A. working

• B. semantic

• C. episodic

• D. procedural

The best way of prolonging the storage duration of information well beyond its normal limit in short-term memory is through

• A. encoding.

• B. rehearsal.

• C. recall.

• D. attention.

Which of the following statements about the hippocampus is correct?

• A. The hippocampus is the permanent storage site for explicit memories.

• B. The hippocampus is the permanent storage site for classically conditioned memories.

• C. Procedural memories do not appear to involve the hippocampus at all.

• D. The medial temporal lobe is located in the hippocampus.

Which of the following activities involves implicit memory?

• A. distinguishing between a shark and a dolphin

• B. telling a friend about how the weekend was spent

• C. swimming in water using the freestyle stroke

• D. recalling a word for a crossword puzzle

Which of the following long-term memories is most likely stored in the cerebellum?

• A. an episodic memory of a celebration

• B. any type of sensory memory

• C. a classically conditioned fear response

• D. a classically conditioned patellar (knee jerk) reflex

What is required for information to be transferred from a sensory register to short-term memory?

• A. attention

• B. encoding

• C. rehearsal

• D. retrieval

Which sub-type of long-term memory is likely to be involved when someone recalls their first day as a VCE student?

• A. procedural

• B. episodic

• C. semantic

• D. classically conditioned

You switch off a bedside alarm clock but can still hear it ringing for a couple of seconds. This is most likely due to ______ memory.

• A. episodic

• B. working

• C. iconic

• D. echoic

Which memory system or sub-system stores information for the shortest duration?

• A. short-term memory

• B. sensory memory

• C. iconic memory

• D. echoic memory