Memory lecture 1

A friend calls you and invites you to join a team for a pub quiz tomorrow evening. You agree happily, and form an intention to cycle to the pub, leaving at 6pm. You will need to remember to act on that intention tomorrow when the time comes. What kind of memory task is this?

• A short-term memory task

• A procedural memory task

• A working memory task

• A prospective memory task

You cycle to the pub for the quiz. What kind of memory supports your ability to ride the bike without losing your balance?

• Episodic long-term memory

• Semantic long-term memory

• Procedural long-term memory

• Explicit memory

Before the quiz gets started, you offer to buy a round a drinks. On your way to the bar and while waiting, you repeat the order to yourself over and over in your head. What kind of memory are you using?

• Prospective memory

• Short-term memory

• Semantic long-term memory

• Episodic long-term memory

The quiz begins and you are asked to name the capital city of Canada. You recall the answer is Ottawa. What kind of memory storage are you drawing this information from?

• Semantic long-term memory

• Episodic long-term memory

• Procedural long-term memory

• Working memory

During the evening you get all your friends laughing at a funny anecdote from your holiday last year. What kind of memory storage are you drawing these details from?

• Semantic long-term memory

• Procedural long-term memory

• Prospective memory

• Episodic long-term memory

On the way home from the pub you stop at a takeaway. You look at the menu and consider your order, adding up in your head how much it would cost to get chicken pakora, chips, and a can of Irn Bru. What memory system are you using now?

• Procedural memory

• Prospective memory

• Working memory

• Short-term memory

The happy memory of the evening at the pub forms part of your collection of memories relating to yourself and your life history. How is this collection of memories generally known?

• Autobiographical memory

• Prospective memory

• Working memory

• Lifecourse memory