Memory Quiz

What is the first stage of memory?

• Short-Term Memory

• Long-Term Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Working Memory

Which model assumes that memory processes occur simultaneously over a network of neural connections?

• Levels-of-Processing Model

• Information-Processing Model

• Three-Stage Process Model

• Parallel Distributed Processing Model

What is the capacity of Short-Term Memory according to Miller's magic number?

• 1 to 2 items

• 5 to 9 items

• 3 to 5 items

• 10 to 12 items

Which type of memory is responsible for skills and habits?

• Nondeclarative Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Declarative Memory

• Semantic Memory

What is the term for the ability to focus on one stimulus among all sensory input?

• Focused Attention

• Selective Attention

• Divided Attention

• Sustained Attention

What phenomenon describes the tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better?

• Chunking Effect

• Serial Position Effect

• Primacy Effect

• Recency Effect

What is the process called when memories are altered or influenced by new information?

• Encoding Failure

• Reconstructive Processing

• Memory Trace Decay

• Automatic Encoding

Which type of amnesia involves the inability to form new long-term memories?

• Infantile Amnesia

• Dissociative Amnesia

• Anterograde Amnesia

• Retrograde Amnesia

What is the term for the physical change in the brain that occurs when a memory is formed?

• Memory Trace

• Long-Term Potentiation

• Consolidation

• Neural Encoding

Which type of rehearsal involves making information meaningful?

• Elaborative Rehearsal

• Automatic Rehearsal

• Maintenance Rehearsal

• Rote Learning