Unit 3 - Outcome 2 - Psychology - Memory & Learning

Memory is best described as

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

• the storage and recovery of information acquired through learning.

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

• 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 their iPad after not having used one for some time?

• working

• semantic

• episodic

• procedural

Which one of the following best describes Alzheimer’s disease?

• a contagious disorder

• a hippocampal disorder

• an old person's disorder

• a neurodegenerative disorder

Which of the following activities involves implicit memory?

• distinguishing between a shark and a dolphin

• telling a friend about how the weekend was spent

• swimming in water using breaststroke

• recalling a word for a crossword puzzle

In which LTM are autobiographical events stored?

• working

• episodic

• semantic

• procedural

Which of the following is most likely stored in the cerebellum?

• an episodic memory of a celebration

• any type of sensory memory

• a classically conditioned fear response

• a classically conditioned patellar (knee jerk) reflex

Consider the results in the graph below. Participants whose results are represented by the bar shown in blue, most likely had ______________.

• aphantasia

• hyperphantasia

• a memory disorder affecting semantic memory

• a memory disorder affecting implicit memory

Which LTM involves mental time travel?

• working

• episodic

• semantic

• procedural

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

• attention

• encoding

• rehearsal

• retrieval

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

• procedural

• episodic

• semantic

• classically conditioned